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Example Sentences

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There were only so many T-shirts his 700 workers could sew.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was the guttural voices of the keeners, there's only three recordings and all three are just so poignant and they're so different," she said.

From BBC

Anna - who had only started dating Dan a few months before the accident - had to make dreaded phone calls to family members.

From BBC

While an accord for a ceasefire that started on October 10 stipulated the entry of 600 trucks per day, only 100 to 300 are carrying humanitarian aid, according to NGOs and the United Nations.

From Barron's

Her experience reflects that of countless Gazans who have been forced to flee repeatedly, often with little warning, taking with them only what they could carry.

From Barron's