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Example Sentences

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With three interest-rate hikes “more or less priced in already,” Petimezas said, there is no reason for President Christine Lagarde and her ECB to “pour oil on the fire.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The couple sold the home in March for 15% less than they’d paid to buy it in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

How could one captain not be in charge because of a nightclub incident, with the replacement less than a year on from a nightclub incident of his own?

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But that’s far less true with big IPOs, according to strategists at Jefferies.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“Now that you’re undead,” Brickbane had said in his low, slow voice, “you’ll spend less time trying to survive, and more time like the humans.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman