Example Sentences

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Her pitch to voters drew heavily on her sporting success, with references to "winning and losing", teamwork and performance featuring prominently in her manifesto.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Last but not least, Thomas references a case about a deceased Air Force sergeant in Beck v.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Paterson and Gower used visual references from porcupines to animal embryonic sacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Cervantes’s readers would have understood the references instantly: The wild cats once prowled the Spanish countryside in abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

They went hunting for people who had gone to college with Capital One’s CEO, Richard Fairbank, and collected character references.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis