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Example Sentences

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While the U.S. military maintains extensive contingency plans for crises ranging from nuclear attacks to the death of senior leaders, those plans do not automatically trigger military action upon a president’s death.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2026

Stones left City upon the expiry of his contract at the start of this month.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026

In post-Stalinist Russia, people carried around an avos’ka—a just-in-case string bag—so that if they happened upon a queue for anything that had suddenly become available, they would be ready to purchase and carry it home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026

Leonard ultimately was paid $21 million of the $28 million agreed upon in his contract with Aspiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2026

This is a woman who had wanted to be a nun once upon a time, who had pretended to be Joan of Arc.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly