Example Sentences

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There are other roadblocks and/or forks in the road people face in retirement, including a gradual decline in health, which could lead to the need to live in an assisted-living facility.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Under normal circumstances, BIR helps rescue stalled DNA replication forks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

In the early 1000s Maria Argyropoulina, a Byzantine emperor’s niece, brought gold forks to Venice for her wedding to the Doge’s son.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

Over a dinner of “Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese,” a gloopy, highlighter-yellow bowl of boxed pasta, they raise their forks in agreement: suburbia will be a breeze.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

The only sounds were the clinking of forks and spoons against plates and serving dishes.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya