Example Sentences

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Central Command denied this meant its Project Freedom had resumed, but perhaps the groundwork is being laid.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

On Friday, WTI plunged all the way to about $84 after Iran said traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had resumed.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Sable had resumed production at one of its three offshore oil platforms last May, but was unable to transport the oil through the onshore pipelines due to ongoing legal and regulatory blocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Maersk, for example, had resumed some of its regular service through the Suez Canal in mid-January, some two years after avoiding that route because of the Houthi crisis.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

It seemed that sleep and night had resumed their empire.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë