Example Sentences

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“Hydration breaks” will be introduced at roughly the 23rd and 67th minute of World Cup matches, finally fulfilling one of the TV networks’ most cherished desires: Chopping up soccer games to get in more commercials!

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

You can get them at a range of places, from national chains known for private-label snacks to cherished pit shops that serve whispered-about biscuits, pies and regional delicacies like boudin, kolaches and runzas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"You are like the wind at daybreak, you are like a cherished vision," he sings in a direct address to the horse, named Rovach.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Cases like Kelver’s expose key contradictions at the heart of our cherished rhetoric of armed self-defense.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

They give him better clothes: a new, cherished jacket of Pas, some of Theo’s old socks and underwear.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman