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Example Sentences

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At the time, Iger said Disney had been pumping out too many shows and movies to compete with Netflix and needed to retrench.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

But “it needed to happen relatively quickly to stop oil futures from joining the cash markets in the $140s for Brent, and perhaps that was the point,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

For many others, the ceasefire offers much needed relief from the death and destruction around them.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But to truly take advantage of the TACO, investors needed to be invested before the opening bell on Wednesday, Hogan pointed out.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

It was news that people needed to hear that cheerless spring of 1945.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom