Example Sentences

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Orders rose sharply in March, a sign that businesses might have been building stocks in response to fears of disruption to supplies and higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

To help control it and provide habitat for fish and birds, California agencies have been building berms and sending water flowing into man-made ponds along the shore, creating new wetlands.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Calls have been building to parachute him in given the side's Pakistan struggles.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

What’s more, companies have been building new crude tankers, and for the first time in six years, the supply of tankers looks like it will outpace demand growth.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

If we were in one of those light dug-outs that they have been building lately instead of this deeper one, none of us would be alive.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque