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Example Sentences

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“I just passed on a package of Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips this morning because the bag was $10,” one Reddit user wrote in a discussion thread about the E-shaped economy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

These are tough sights to put in a film, tougher still to thread them to a notion of personal compromise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In Lore Segal’s fiction, memory is a mine of storytelling wealth—and conversation among friends is the vital thread of life itself, even when all other pleasures have faded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Tuesday’s episode picks up that thread with the future of the team in jeopardy and plays out differently from the “NCIS” norm.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Ama and Lala thread the magical webbing through the surface of the ship, creating one whole vessel again.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer