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Example Sentences

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Gautam Tamboliya, a 21-year-old student from India’s Haryana state, carried India’s national flag and wore a lapel pin with an image of a cockroach on it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

On the other hand, as Pratt has fairly argued, Raman headed City Council’s homelessness committee, so isn’t she partly to blame for the failures she tried to pin on Bass?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“You could hear a pin drop,” Lofgren explained later.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

She pulls tape and a giant safety pin out of her pocket, and in fifteen seconds, my costume is fixed.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari