Example Sentences

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Centrcom said that U.S. forces had successfully defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks and that no American personnel had been harmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It said the small number of lives saved would be outweighed by the number of patients harmed by unnecessary treatment, which can lead to a loss of bladder control.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

"The pope is maybe the only person who can awaken the conscience a little bit of all the people who have harmed this territory," local worshipper Giuseppina De Francesco, 60, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

She points to a video recorded shortly before his death in which Manzo said that if he was harmed, police should investigate the former governor, Leonel Godoy Rangel, and his allies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

“Don’t even think about skinning them. No, sir, that’s the last thing in the world you want to do. They’ll have to be taken alive, and not harmed in any way.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls