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Example Sentences

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The experience with Arena was a harsh lesson for Authentic, which never had owned a media property before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

There’s a lesson there, though, in the never-ending give and take between popular folk and commercial pop music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Most of the drivers had an excuse for their behaviour but said they had learned their lesson from the youngsters.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Penelope asked, for after her painful lesson of the previous day, she knew it would be optoomuchstic to try to find Lord Fredrick’s club by, say, following the smell of expensive cigars.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood