Example Sentences

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Here is the Premier League table if only goals scored from outside the box had counted in 2025-26.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The Rio state government reported 119 dead, while the public defender's office told AFP it had counted 132.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

The workers had counted on the good salaries to buy homes and send their children to private school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 22, 2025

Wendy Guardado, a Los Angeles activist who helped organize the action, said she had counted nearly 250 businesses nationwide that had closed in solidarity with the movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

And Jerry saw, to his dismay, that Archie had counted on Janza’s reaction, had counted on the guys filing into the stadium.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier