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Example Sentences

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In the Himalayas, which span Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan and China, the impact of a lake burst can be particularly destructive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The project will feature multiple four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom duplex-style townhomes, each of which will span roughly 3,100 square feet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The number of homeless students in Los Angeles County is surging, with thousands more unhoused in the span of a single school year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

These cans contained fillets from four species collected over a 42-year span in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

I can only remember those things now, with a span of miles and years between us.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover