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Example Sentences

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From that point forward, presidents of both parties treated the Vatican less as a theological rival than as a foreign-policy partner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Temperate rainforests once covered around 20% of the UK, but today it covers less than 1%.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Much less clear was how successful he might be when Real Sociedad handed him a midseason reclamation project in late December.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Extremely efficient. He is usually plagued by 3-and-2 counts and walks, but today he had no walks and most of his 14 strikeouts came on four or less pitches. He was nasty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

They had more or less run amuck and were damming up rivers and flooding highways, filling pastures, even beginning to invade the cities.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen