Example Sentences

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An immigration judge ordered Villegas, who is from Panama, released on a $5,000 bond the following month and he had been checking in with ICE since then.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

It was clear the last person using it had been checking their email.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2024

The 37-year-old tweeted he had been "checking the mailbox five times a day" for his invitation before receiving a direct message from another Scott Stallings.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2023

Ron Racki, 72, had been checking on Young, and he told her he’d arrange an emergency covering for her house.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

Meanwhile Dad had been checking each floor was vacated, the last tenants all gone.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd