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Example Sentences
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Of course, it takes work to get a child back into school after a long period of absence.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
If the film were as goofy as the killer’s pseudonym, it might be worth the two painful hours it takes to muster through this bloodless procedural.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It's a childish response from a man who has never grown up, who has an immense ego which takes him absolutely nowhere," Anne Wardrop, a 90-year-old retiree, told AFP of the name change.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
It takes years and millions of dollars to train them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
My mind takes me back to the man with the red jacket.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
