Example Sentences

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Canada and Mexico, is underway after Mexico triumphed over South Africa 2-0 on Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

The big bang theory may have triumphed among most cosmologists, but the persistence of unanswered questions—what came before that explosive moment? could our universe be one of many?—leaves plenty of room for speculation and dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Hastings started the 1990 Grand Slam decider and made a famous, shuddering tackle on England winger Rory Underwood as Scotland triumphed 13-7 at Murrayfield.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Austrian vocalist Johannes Pietsch, known as JJ, triumphed at Basel in 2025 with his operatic song "Wasted Love".

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

There was not one person in the crowd who did not realize that they had overcome Caesar’s strongest intentions, that their mass will had triumphed.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks