Example Sentences

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For expert Elisabeth Braw of the Atlantic Council, "it's a bit of a Hail Mary move" by Washington after it had "exhausted all options".

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

She and her spouse, Michelle Cast, had exhausted their fertility healthcare benefits and gone into debt for fertility treatments they say surpassed $300,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Despite escalating the issue through tribunals, and complaints procedures, he said he had "exhausted every avenue".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Mark Geragos, one of the attorneys representing the brothers in their petition, said the brothers had exhausted their legal avenues for appeal in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

By dusk, the jeweler and the spicer had exhausted themselves, and so I was the only one to see Rasseem sneaking back into the camp.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri