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Example Sentences

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Either way, the attack suggests a leadership that is feeling more confident than many outside observers expected only a few months ago.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Neel Sannappa, chair of the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus, said Raman was stymied by getting into the race late and having only a few months to campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Polls show Sanchez and Fujimori separated by only a few percentage points, with crime and insecurity dominating voter concerns.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The announcement, made during the Computex conference in Taipei, underscores how so-called AI agents are upending nearly every part of the tech industry only a few months after they became widespread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Instead of the floodwaters faced that past spring, the dried, midsummer dirt floor was so hard that even with many men working, the hole deepened only a few inches each hour.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock