Example Sentences

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The stockpile swaps bridged longer shipping times, and alternative cargoes began to arrive in force.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

That gap needs to be bridged as debt grows within the parent company.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

“These are pretty technical conversations, and the distance that would have to be bridged is pretty far right now,” Larson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Parliament’s “Mothership Connection,” released 50 years ago this month, was a rococo musical milestone that bridged funk’s hammering, rhythmic pulse and the emerging hip-hop movement in New York and Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Apart from the excitement of meeting a thinking person in prison, I liked talking with Larson because it gave me hope that the inmate-officer gap had some chance of being bridged.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover