Example Sentences

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At 10:30 a.m., the bell rings through the halls of William F. Prisk Elementary School in Long Beach, sending students racing onto the playground, throwing basketballs, doing cartwheels, gliding down slides.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Bitcoin is now down 4% to $60,964, while ethereum is off 3.7% to $1,627, XRP drops 4.1% to $1.12, and solana slides 5% to $64.06.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Julien's Auctions said the sale includes "countless never-before-seen photographs and slides of the star as well as rare and hard-to-find images hidden for decades".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Hochschild Mining is down 2.8% while Fresnillo slides 1.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Max moves the floorboards to one side, slides on his stomach beneath the bed and into the hole, Siunek going after, though it takes him longer.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron