Example Sentences

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When the ship arrived, ice had concentrated around the bay and was being pushed toward shore by wind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Most of the IRC's partners working around Port-au-Prince have had to suspend mobile operations amid the recent escalation, which Dalexis said had concentrated in five hotspots around the capital.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

Mr Ray said that FTX had concentrated control in the hands of a "very small group of inexperienced, unsophisticated and potentially compromised individuals", and that it did not maintain centralised control of its cash.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022

The existing arrangement had concentrated payments in 2022 and 2023, the statement said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2022

Shivering in the frigid water, I focused on its chill the same way I had concentrated on my breathing back at Meir’s cottage—not to bring me back but to further distance myself from my body.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros