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Example Sentences

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Last year, Thames Water said it had identified 2,294 plumbing misconnections across London over the previous five years.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

U.S. futures hung on to gains after rallying over the long weekend on hopes that a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz was close.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"Initially, these perturbations lead to turbulent flows and magnetic fields in small-scale structures, then, over time, they emerge into larger, ordered structures."

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Their average advantage in qualifying over the next fastest car - the McLaren - is 0.369 seconds.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

A squirrel raiding our bird feeder natters at me in irritation before it hops away to try its luck at the bird feeder two houses over.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam