Example Sentences

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He said that a dispute had arisen after the two arrested men had demanded transportation money from those in the car, which they had refused to pay.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

That country’s Wahhabism had arisen as a puritan reform of Sunnism in the 18th century.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

Yet the amendment eliminated only the “tied vote” problem that had arisen four years earlier.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023

Trade with Australia was the exception amid improving relations between Beijing and Canberra, cooling diplomatic tensions that had arisen in recent years over a host of issues including national security and COVID.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023

Sanskrit and Latin words could be traced back to mutations and variations in an ancient Indo-European language, and English and Flemish had arisen from a common root.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee