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Example Sentences
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Gutteridge said most of it is "absolutely fantastic" but added that the government "needs to step up and do something" to tackle the rise in cheap imports.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“There I was without reading a word of it, just said yes, and then had to actually show up and do the job,” Hunnam, 46, says during a video call from Prague.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
One day, as I was beheading a trout, it struck me: People will give me money if I just show up and do what they ask me to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Eventually, of course, robots will have to show up and do useful work to justify any of the billion-dollar valuations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
I was only too glad to get up and do something.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
