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Example Sentences

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“I isolated myself to put myself through what Killmonger had, or didn’t have, growing up,” Jordan noted quietly.

From Los Angeles Times

As The Times’ headline on the Game 7 victory put it: “Fantasyland!”

From Los Angeles Times

But our job as journalists is to chronicle what’s happening, and based on what many people told me after it was published, I’m glad I was able to put what they were feeling into words.

From Los Angeles Times

“You think I’m playing with you. And guess what I’ll do? I’ll say, ‘Let’s put all the yellow ones in the yellow container.’

From Los Angeles Times

There is a saying in Washington, D.C., that personnel is policy: the people put in charge of implementing key policies shape their ideologies.

From Salon