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Example Sentences

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Buy Nothing group, I started noticing how some objects, given for free from neighbor to neighbor, carry emotional weight.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Diplomats said Budapest was given 24 hours to sign off definitively as it waits for Russian oil to arrive through the Druzhba pipeline after Kyiv said operations had restarted.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

JetBlue is now walking back advice given to a customer via social media to search for fares in incognito mode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Eye-rolling over Gorka’s bombast has given way to anxiety about the administration’s preparedness to identify and stop major plots.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Pulling off her remaining mitten, she fumbled at her neck for the grouse-bone whistle that Torak had given her.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver