Example Sentences

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SpaceX, for example, filed confidentially on April 1 and begins trading in just a couple of days.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

With its national team failing to qualify again for the World Cup, China's football fans have adopted a referee as the country's star representative at the tournament, which begins on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The combination of high prices and slower wage growth means Americans have to make do with less, at least until inflation begins to recede again.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

What begins among a core of determined activists can quickly become the way democracy works.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

My whole family dresses quickly as the sun begins to rise.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar