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Example Sentences
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The price of LNG in Europe shot up more than 40% on Monday alone, and has stayed elevated both there and in Asia.
From Barron's
The species was certified extinct after the last known wild Barbary was shot in Morocco in 1921.
From BBC
The footage ends with a wide shot of mourners bowing their heads in front of a group of at least 18 coffins draped in the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
From BBC
I did not know it was there and had been letting them run, not riding the sled brake to slow them, and we virtually shot off the edge.
From Literature
Assets shot past $1.6 billion, more than doubling in five trading days.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
