Example Sentences

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The loop has presented Clark with a trapdoor disguised as an exit.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

For more than 38 years the World Stage Performance Gallery, in South Los Angeles’ Leimert Park, has presented live music, poetry, spoken word and other forms of cultural expression in its performance gallery.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Oil prices were rising Tuesday despite confirmation that Iran has presented a new peace proposal to the U.S., with markets skeptical of American approval for any immediate deal.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Tehran has presented mediators with demands for transit fees that it would split with Oman, the country that shares the opposite side of the channel with the United Arab Emirates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I have not intended to present, nor do I think I have presented, any kind of cross-section so that a reader can say, “He thinks he has presented a true picture of the South.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck