Example Sentences

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Mercedes - for one - had instructed their drivers to go wide on the pit-lane entry to avoid this risk.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Even before Monday’s announcement, Chinese regulators had instructed several leading domestic AI companies not to accept U.S. funding without government approval, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

However, they soon tempered expectations, with Tehran cautioning a deal was "not imminent", while Trump said he had instructed his negotiators "not to rush into" one.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

In a crypto fraud case late last year against two MIT-educated brothers, deliberations veered into a subject the judge had instructed the jury not to even consider: sentencing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“Carolyn, just answer the questions as simply and succinctly as you can,” he had instructed me.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry