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Example Sentences

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No, he wasn’t eventually hampered by the knee contusion that kept him sidelined for the opener.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

His customers kept telling him that what they actually wanted was the software, and what saved Apple in the end was not the machine but the operating system inside it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The Valaris crew kept the first two rabbits safe in the radio room before they were taken back to the Aquarius to return to Aberdeen.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

But incomes haven’t kept up with home prices, which now average about five times the median income—up from roughly three times in the mid-1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

He has kept his promise, although not without complaining about it pretty much every time I visit.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam