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Example Sentences

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Curling was born in Scotland in the early 16th century but grew up centuries later on the Canadian prairies, where the severe weather, rural landscape and boredom provided fertile ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Dating back to the late 18th century, “hoax” seems to derive from what a conjurer or juggler might say, a truncation of “hocus pocus,” utilized to divert the attention of an audience.

From Salon

It was banned in Iran - as were other films he made in that period - but later voted by film critics as the greatest Iranian film of all time.

From BBC

Most of my retirement savings are pretax, and I realized too late that this was a big mistake.

From MarketWatch

The battle to acquire the fabled Hollywood studio has cast another cloud over an industry still recovering from the dual shocks of the pandemic and the writers and actors union strikes three years later.

From The Wall Street Journal