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Example Sentences

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They had chances upon chances: most notably, a 5-on-3 power play advantage it failed to convert.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Now all these are obviously like unverified claims,” said Shannon Wiltrout, a Pennsylvania mother of two, who called upon her local school to end ties with Lifetouch.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of fully decomposing, plant material builds up layer upon layer over thousands of years, forming deep deposits of peat that lock away carbon for the long term.

From Science Daily

Vladimir Lenin, by contrast, is looked down upon, not because he murdered millions but because he was “too European.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But there are currently few of those dates for the palaces to rely upon.

From BBC