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Example Sentences
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Dr Gillespie said issues with availability can mean they are often called into highly emotional situations at short notice, sometimes moving between a christening and a life-or-death situation in hospital.
From BBC
By halftime of the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Eagles were up 24-0 and everyone inside the Superdome knew what it meant: The Kansas City Chiefs’ dynasty had come to an end.
A wealth manager wrote that $140,000 a year means poverty in today’s America, sparking controversy.
From Los Angeles Times
The strategy was meant to encourage players to take a larger leadership role.
From Los Angeles Times
That means what Nick Reiner might stand to inherit, if the slayer rule were to prove irrelevant in this case, is unknown.
From Salon
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