Example Sentences

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After making his Olympic debut as a teenager in Beijing 2022, Stolz has crushed the World Cup circuit, dominating the 500 meter, 100 meter and 1,500 meter distances and winning overall titles in each.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

In the last four years alone, Ohtani has crushed 178 home runs, driven in 420 runs, scored 419 and stolen 116 bases.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

“Your untimely death has crushed me, and broken the hearts of believers and shocked an entire nation,” televangelist and former Vice-President Nevers Mumba posted on Facebook after Ngosa’s death was announced on Friday.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024

Then the teenager is swept into El Otro Oz, where, according to one of its residents, her family’s picnic table has crushed the witch’s sister “flat as a Dorito.”

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

I feel that this blow has crushed me, Marguerite.

From Margaret Montfort by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)