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Example Sentences
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Families living on a council estate say a new "social supermarket" will help them make ends meet.
From BBC
"I was born and raised here, but you can't live on feelings."
From Barron's
People living on the more remote islands have to travel for days by boat to get basic medical care.
Shropshire Council said the boat, which the family live on, was rescued at about 22:00 on Tuesday using a specialist winch operation.
From BBC
"As the famous ecologist Robert May said, if visiting aliens asked us how many species live on our planet, we would have no definitive answer," said Wiens.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.