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Example Sentences

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EU leaders will still fight their corners tooth and nail, Magyar included.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

“I remember specifically being there, memories of the nail salon chemicals. There was a record shop and a hot dog on a stick,” says Mercado of the mall, which opened in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The album’s closer, “Driftin’ Cowboy,” will nail down this collection for some as outright folk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

He plucked a nail from between his lips and used the heel of the shoe to hammer it in.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo