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Example Sentences

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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

On another Easter-related thread, a different commenter said: “We also throw in any leftover birthday favors and stocking stuffers.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Mazzara’s comment in the email thread with other Homeland Security attorneys was given to American Oversight with a watermark showing the agency had intended to withhold it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Or as the progressive writer Matt Stoller tweeted over the weekend in a thread about the war’s political blowback, “I do not know why people assume Trump will be in office for much longer.”

From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026

She forces a chuckle and picks at a stray thread on her shirt.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller