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Example Sentences

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"Yes, I have 60% hearing loss in my left ear. If you sat on this side of me and tried to tell me a secret, I wouldn't be able to hear you."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

If he tried to have a Hollywood birthday, he’d run into the same trouble he had lining up musical entertainment for the nation’s semiquincentennial Freedom 250 event.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

‘Family murder cases are heartbreaking for everyone, including attorneys on both sides ... This case should be tried in the courtroom, not in the press,’ writes an L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Traditional funeral practices in this region also involve touching the bodies of the dead; when health workers tried to block that from happening, residents only became more suspicious.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

The coyote who’d called Clare his “orange-coat brother” and tried to convince him to enter the Afterlife with him.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman