Example Sentences

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Hunter-Neill said he could not understand why the controversy erupted last year as the event had been running for 10 years.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Even before the war began, inflation had been running about a percentage point above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.

From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026

Its Isbergues site in France had been running at 50% of its capacity since January but will now be completely closed from June to September, the company said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Less than three months before the June primary, Davis had been running dead last, behind two well-heeled Democrats and the eventual GOP nominee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Some of the team had been running all summer, but me being in swim shape, with what Coach Rosset called swim lungs, helped out enough to keep me with the pack, anyway.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth