Example Sentences

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House, candidates across the spectrum are demonstrating just how deeply RCV has become woven into the state’s politics.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Because Pratt’s campaign was great on the A.I.-generated streets but not the actual city of Los Angeles, the state has become the latest flashpoint for an election panic.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Conflict in Lebanon has become a centrepiece of weeks of stop-start efforts to bring a formal end to the war.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Serena Guthrie has become a senator in Jersey at the first time of asking, after overnight results saw her finish fifth in the islandwide vote.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Many worry that prison time has become a badge of honor in some communities—“a rite of passage” is the term most often used in the press.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander