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Example Sentences

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“We wanted everyone to see what a complete and utter coward he is once you remove his powers, pretty much like every autocrat and strongman,” Kripke says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“I think that, yes, there was a kind of risk taken by the Iranians, but it doesn’t seem that Iran really wanted to be engaged in a full-scale confrontation with Israel,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

They get bonus points if that thing is something I already wanted to do, such as “find out how the Knicks are doing right now.”

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

"I was really annoyed because I thought, 'I always wanted to get to the Bundesliga, and now they are living my dream,'" he told Die Zeit.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Tonight, all she wanted was to curl up in her shared room in the house in Inkster-Faraday and not use language at all.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith