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Example Sentences

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"At this stage it is believed the bag was misplaced by on-duty officers a short time before the member of the public located it," the police said in a statement.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“There have been thousands of targets hit with thousands of sorties penetrating contested airspace. It’s been an entire month and this is the first time we’ve had a combat loss? That’s incredible.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The average waiting time for an endometriosis diagnosis has now reached nine years and four months, according to a new report by the charity Endometriosis UK.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

I haven’t published the WRS for some time and “Walmart Worries” just keep multiplying.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Janet was fairly sure that Reiki was Japanese, Wicca was British, and yoga came from a different kind of Indian, but her mother had no time for such trivialities.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith