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Example Sentences
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When Morris took the Oklahoma State coaching job this offseason, the first order of business was bringing along the guy nobody had wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He added that the team wanted Pike to receive psychological support, since that "clearly is necessary now".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He wanted me to take people behind the ropes in football, so that’s what I did.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Watters wanted to compress El-Sayed into a caricature, a radical leftist Muslim candidate who could be made alien and threatening to the people watching at home.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Most of all, he wanted to give him advice for his new life.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
