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Example Sentences

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Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Those years gave me an early and ugly lesson in mob mentality and collective cruelty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyau are learning an old lesson.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

And, oddly enough, in his first round as president, Donald Trump indeed seemed to have learned just such a lesson.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

I had learned that I knew absolutely nothing—the same lesson I learned from the wolves and the doe—knew nothing about animals, understood nothing about the drives that make them work, knew nothing.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen