Example Sentences
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Unless previously deported, living in the country illegally is considered a civil violation rather than a crime and carries penalties such as arrests, fines and deportation proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
It carries warm tropical water northward, helping keep regions such as Europe relatively mild.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Chevron owns a 15% share in the pipeline—the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, or CPC—which carries crude from three giant oil-and-gas fields across the mountainous terrain of Kazakhstan into Russia and out to the Black Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The Daily Mail carries an exclusive on "fictitious" child maintenance charges that have left some parents "financially crippled".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The stories become local lore, which often carries vital lessons about what to do when disaster strikes again.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
