Example Sentences

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None of the nominees had been major box office blockbusters, and in the case of “Crash” controversy had raged over several PGA-credited producers not being permitted to receive a statue.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

But the presence of President Assad had seemed to be a seal, however unsatisfactory, on the deadly conflict that had raged for years.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Iran’s deputy interior minister, Majid Mirahmadi, said on state television that the fighting had raged for hours, from 10 p.m.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

It said he had been wounded in Bakhmut, the city in Donetsk province that Prigozhin said Wagner had taken in mid-May, after a battle that had raged since last year.

From Reuters • May 31, 2023

The argument about Katherine going or not going had raged through the house for three days.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix