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Example Sentences

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“They have not the courage nor the insight nor the willingness to stand up and do the right thing for the right reasons,” Racicot said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

“Just take it one day at a time, wake up and do whatever I had to do,” Jake said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

"You can't be rattled when somebody else gets hot or when the crowd gets loud... you've just got to shoot and do you and that's what I show up and do."

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

“Trump is tossing the ball to the Korean side: ‘You guys hurry up and do something,’” said Choi, a former South Korean trade negotiator.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

They said his mother tried to make him give rowing up and do something else the rest of his class couldn’t or wouldn’t do, but for once he was stubborn.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner