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Example Sentences
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He said authorities were trying to rescue people stranded by floodwaters.
When the city tried to refill the pool, workers found that it no longer held water.
From Los Angeles Times
“I don’t want to be making music that makes me feel like I’m trying to be younger — I wanted to make something that makes me feel my age.”
From Los Angeles Times
A new court ruling makes it more important than ever to ask tough questions of anyone trying to sell you any financial product, especially when it comes to your retirement plans.
From MarketWatch
All the countries with which the Canadian government is desperately trying to expand trade are thousands of miles away.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.