Example Sentences
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Most of the remains belonged to rodents, but researchers also recovered fossils from sloths, birds, reptiles, and many other animals, representing more than 50 species.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
Instead, she places Black Americans, Black intellectuals, and Black constitutional struggle where they have always belonged: at the center of the 14th Amendment.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
But the day belonged to Wales great North who bowed out in style in his final game before retirement with two Barbarians tries.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Even before declaring war on Britain, the Spanish king sent an armada to defend his South American colonies and, ideally, seize those territories that belonged to Britain and its ally Portugal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Once again I had the feeling that this sister with whom I had spent all my life belonged somehow to another order of beings.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
