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Example Sentences

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ICE has contracted with the facilities as the agency has taken in record numbers of detainees.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Dye said Miller was a "hard-working, decent man", who had found himself involved in a "freak accident" which had taken a mental and physical toll on the defendant.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

A.I. coding has taken software development by storm.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2026

Resistance has taken many forms, from the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s to Thoreau’s refusal to pay taxes on moral grounds to the 1,400 elected officials who have signed Grover Norquist’s antitax pledge.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The woman had taken the bandage from her foot and flung it at me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom