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Example Sentences

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The parents of a five-year-old girl born with holes in her heart have stressed the importance of prenatal diagnoses after multiple scans failed to pick up her condition.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

ET, underwriters will pick up their phones and start dialing investors to tell them how many shares they’ve been allocated to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The Sparks rebuild started last season with the addition of Kelsey Plum, where they gave up the No. 2 pick to Seattle that would become Dominique Malonga.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

As demand waned in the following years, companies conducted mass layoffs, leading private-equity firms to swoop in to pick over the remains of distressed assets.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

“I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t important. I need it to buy a ticket for the eight thirty train. I can’t get back in time to pick up the money myself.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse