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Example Sentences

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Licensed venues across England and Wales are legally required to serve free drinking water upon request.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

IGLOO, S. D.—Row upon row of concrete bunkers with steel blast doors peek up from the rolling grasslands—like hobbit holes for the apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

One Congress, the court said in 1932, cannot “impose itself upon those to follow.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

To watch this happening is like stumbling upon a photo of someone you haven’t seen in a long time, tucked away in a box of odds and ends, and pressing it to your heart.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

“So yeah, I guess I was off the island once upon a time, but I don’t remember it.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin