Example Sentences
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"Houses, schools, towns and villages were all destroyed in minutes," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
The sovereign will then travel to the Houses of Parliament by carriage from Buckingham Palace, escorted by mounted cavalry.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
Houses built during the mid-2000s boom are now around 20 years old.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
Houses guarded their plants, resulting in duplication and underused capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Houses as cramped and dilapidated as his didn’t seem to exist even in the parts of Nashville with cramped and dilapidated houses, at least along the path they took.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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