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Example Sentences
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When Johnson called to follow up, Monk, by now feeling distrustful of everyone, suspected he was another phony and demanded to see a badge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But nearly three years on, he presumably felt the green shoots of recovery would be starting to grow by now.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The people who love me know by now not to text me in the fourth quarter of a close one.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dix estimated that they had dug about 60m from the entrance by now, and they would need to dig another 150m more to reach the hydropower station located deep inside the mountain.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Something should have happened by now, but they kept waiting.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
