Example Sentences

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The implication was that it hadn’t been safe before — that Twitter’s previous bosses had castrated Cook’s natural online state, depriving the masses of his provocative yet hilarious content.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

Ms. Ernst entered the Senate on the strength of a buzzworthy “Make ‘Em Squeal” ad, pledging to cut wasteful spending just as she had castrated pigs on her family farm.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2020