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Example Sentences

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Most recently, the Chinese leader’s purge has even swallowed the network of the man who once ran it: Wang Qishan, the enforcer Xi trusted to hunt “tigers”—Beijing’s term for high-ranking officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Even though McGovern was "not at the most senior level", he was a senior trusted lieutenant for the organisation in Ireland.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

Yet a third of the way into a scoreless game with everything on the line, Ramos trusted him with the ball most.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Lanky, movie-obsessed Boaz, who knew her secrets and trusted her still, who had offered up his neck willingly, and remembered it, and would still look her in the eye, would kiss her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny