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Example Sentences

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It’s more effective than trying to “boil the ocean with your entire data strategy,” according to Cramer.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

While this is a great problem to have, it poses dilemmas for savers trying to minimize income taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

At this point, investors are hoping for the best and trying to ignore all the ongoing uncertainties about the war even as the S&P 500 wrapped up its worst quarter since 2022 on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“I just feel bad because Amanda knows that what she did was wrong, and she’s trying to come to terms with it, but she is not well.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It would have been nice yesterday, when he’d been trying to do his job.

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