Example Sentences

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Some are motivated by libertarian commitments, others by a religious belief in redemption and mercy, still others by economic arguments that we are incarcerating far too many people needlessly and at great cost.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 3, 2014

If you're really upset about the story, Mimi Bekhechi writes in the Independent, you should stop going to zoos, which are "incarcerating intelligent animals for profit".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2014