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Example Sentences

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She became unwell on 11 October with gastric symptoms - and while running to the bathroom to be sick the next day she slipped on water leaking from a fridge and broke her leg.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Roberts-Smith won the Victoria Cross -- Australia's highest military honour -- for "conspicuous gallantry" in Afghanistan while on the hunt for a senior Taliban commander.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

"With bemnifosbuvir we were able to see that the virus no longer replicated, while the treated cells remained healthy," reports Jungen Hu from Heidelberg University.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Funding a new DAF with highly appreciated shares of stock allows the donor to avoid capital-gains taxes while also taking a tax deduction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

I let Zara go ahead of me carrying the platter of her mom’s famous shish tawook and pita, with a box of gluten-free crackers she sent special for me, while I stop at the mailbox.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam