Example Sentences

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Roberts described the injury as “discomfort” at the back of Ohtani’s knee, around where the hamstring attaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

“It is not coincidental that Poland, which shares a border with Russia and attaches high value to its membership in NATO, has been one of the largest gold buyers,” Eichengreen says.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"The state attaches great importance to it. But can the miners who died come back to life?"

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Increasingly a sinister hue attaches to Beijing’s preference for “open weight” models.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Wierzbicki reams a bearing and Stephanides grinds a bearing and O’Malley attaches a bearing to a camshaft.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides