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Example Sentences
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A further seven flights are due to leave the UAE for the UK on Thursday, Sir Keir said, adding that the government will lay on additional charter flights in the coming days.
From BBC
Jobless claims rise when businesses start cutting jobs and laying off workers, making them one of the best early warning signs of a worsening economy.
From MarketWatch
Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.
They lay out the rules at meetings every couple of weeks, he said, and those who violate them are punished.
In the hoopla of Koy breaking his own audience record at the venue, Iglesias crashed the show, presented his friend with a plaque and laid down the gauntlet in front of 17,500 fans.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
