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Example Sentences

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His relationship with Xi dates back to when both were sent down as teenage youth to a remote rural area during the Cultural Revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“We weren’t doing it for the accolades. We weren’t in it to get the freebies and stuff,” Reed, 70, a retired CPA, remembered by phone from a cabin in British Columbia’s remote Northern Gulf Islands.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Maltese citizens who live abroad—in London, Sydney, Toronto, Melbourne—flew home to vote, because Malta does not allow remote voting.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He kind of needed one because residents always wanted something from him— stamps, or batteries for their remote controls, or shoe polish—and it was hard to keep track.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman