Example Sentences

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A women's rough sleeping census carried out by two charities - Solace Women's Aid and the Single Homeless Project - found that 1,406 women had slept rough in the previous three months.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In images carried by North Korean state media, the dictator strolled past rows of metal centrifuges and promised to carry out “larger plans” for the country’s nuclear program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Bates said many discoveries from fruit fly neuroscience have carried over from invertebrates to mammals, including findings related to navigation, olfaction, and memory.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The work, carried out with collaborators at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Japan, Virginia Tech and other institutions, may help scientists identify the types of cosmic objects powerful enough to launch such particles.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

To my astonishment, Kik picked up my bicycle and carried both his and mine up the front steps.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom