Example Sentences

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Between the blazing sky and the scorched ground, people do what Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński once observed in another furnace-hot landscape in Africa: devote their energies to "the search for shade and a breeze".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The backrooms seem to exist in part to terrify entrants into redirecting their energies toward better life choices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

One leading idea is that the neutrino came from a special class of blazars capable of accelerating particles to extreme energies.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Overall, "this will result, between now and 2030, in more than 60 new vehicle launches and 50 significant refreshes, across all brands and powertrain energies".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

With this they summoned all their energies together for one decisive encounter, leaned forward, lowered their heads like two billy-goats, and positively sprinted together for the final blow.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White