Example Sentences

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The farm screens each batch for four types of bacteria: salmonella, E. coli, campylobacter and listeria, all of which thrive in the intestines of cattle and can contaminate milk through microscopic flecks of infected feces.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

As the band launches into Dirty Harry, the long, pitch-side LED screens light up with a cartoon choir, singing the song's refrain, "all I do is dance".

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

"Toy Story 5" -- which returns with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack voicing key characters -- opened on 4,425 screens across the United States and Canada over the weekend, Exhibitor Relations' estimates showed.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

And to resist the temptation to detachment, especially through screens, which soon enough may not even look like screens but like part of man’s natural landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Mom and Jack focus their attention on their phone screens.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day