Example Sentences
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A 21-year-old man was killed in a crash involving an electric bike in Huntington Beach last week, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, blamed Zelensky on Sunday for a strike that he said killed a sailor on an Iranian commercial vessel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Sixty years ago, Peter Watts' entire family was killed in a boating tragedy that shocked the nation.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Two devastating wildfires that swept through California's Sierra Nevada in 2020 and 2021 killed thousands of giant sequoias.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The scoutmaster had given them a long lecture about disrupting nature—by the end of it, Jonah felt guilty about how many protozoans he’d probably killed.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
