Example Sentences
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Still, by focusing narrowly on the theatrical release market, the AGs and judge are like Norma Desmond clinging to a bygone era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Rahela Begum survived the horrors of war in Myanmar and life in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh -- only to end up drifting at sea, clinging to a wooden plank.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Scotland fans will now be clinging on to hopes of progressing as one of the eight best third-placed sides.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Despite all that, Bores, a former employee of surveillance tech giant Palantir, insists he’s not against A.I.—he’s just trying to make it work for those of us still stubbornly clinging to our carbon-based brains.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
And we could still smell the smoke—it seemed to be clinging to the trees all around us, drifting about us like a yellow mist.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
