Example Sentences

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I am detecting a theme in Mr. Robot besides what is on the surface a show about a more common trope of millennial loneliness in a 21st century personal computer world.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2017

I am not there yet with fish, but I am detecting a similar inclination.

From US News • Aug. 17, 2015

But I am detecting a whiff of revisionism within Labour ranks, a sense that the party might have over-reached itself in its expression of doubt about the project.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2013