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Example Sentences
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And he stayed disciplined as Nola tried to get him to chase a fastball up and two breaking balls in the dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He transferred £5,000 that day and tried to send a further £5,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Manhattan federal courthouse where Maduro will be tried is accustomed to high-profile defendants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
OpenAI disclosed it’s behind the attack on Hugging Face when its models tried to steal an evaluation test.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
We knew that anyone and everyone who saw us or met up with us was a danger to us, but we could not avoid them altogether, however hard we tried.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
