Example Sentences

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The prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz to most commercial shipping has driven up gasoline and other commodity prices, with pump prices up nearly 50% since the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

This is the kind of opening through which Pratt has driven a truck, albeit an artificially generated one.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

The approach could dramatically increase computing density, improve performance, and reduce energy consumption while extending the progress that has driven the semiconductor industry for more than half a century.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

New cars cost roughly $10,000 more than they did before the pandemic, which has driven away roughly 1 million buyers.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

“And furthermore,” the King continued, “if my race has driven out the Gaelic race, then I think the Queen of Orkney’s subjects have a good reason too.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White