Example Sentences

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Speaking on The Overlap podcast after the penultimate round of fixtures in May, Keane questioned Fernandes' mindset and described him as being at the centre of a "circus act".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In a news release Tuesday, Apollo described the collaboration as a new model for accelerating the AI buildout, pairing a chip maker with long-term private capital.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In doing so, he described himself in a Truth Social post as “the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Hemingway famously described a character going bankrupt “gradually, then suddenly.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

She was described by a Spiritualist historian as, “The best test, rapping and physical medium I ever met, as well as one of the kindest and most noble-hearted of women.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock