Example Sentences

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It also saved activist hedge funds targeting the Tylenol maker that had been staring down huge losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

An esteemed lawyer, Mr Collaery had been staring down a possible jail sentence for helping to expose allegations of Australian wrongdoing in East Timor.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2022

“I had been staring at my last unemployment check when someone from ‘Sesame Street’ called to ask if I would like to audition for the show,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle in 2018.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

Vice had been staring down big cash payments to TPG as part of a $450 million investment that the private equity firm made a few years ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2021

He nodded at Magdalys, who realized she had been staring intently at him, then headed for the door.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older