Example Sentences

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A Brooklyn arena executive who had switched from Ticketmaster to rival SeatGeek testified that Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino threatened to steer concerts away from the venue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Her neighbour, 45-year-old Munni Bai, who has asthma, had switched to using an electric cooker as well as biogas from cow dung, to help her breathing.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Basically, the paper looked at what share of people had switched from one employer to another in the prior year without any intervening spell of nonemployment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

The momentum and the game had switched to Los Alamitos.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

She had switched to part-time work so that she could spend some time with Dike, and drive him to his therapist appointments herself.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie