Example Sentences

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Student-loan scams have been operating for years, and they’ve eluded multiple efforts by regulators to quash them.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Qatar has halted all flying indefinitely, while the two main Emirati airlines have been operating only a handful of ad hoc flights, while keeping their regularly scheduled flights grounded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

"The project's two pilot turbines have been operating for five years without causing any impacts to national security," it said in a statement.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

The syndicate is believed to have been operating since April, supplying the international market.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

Although we cannot yet be certain, the same processes that led on Earth to the evolution of life and intelligence should have been operating throughout the Cosmos.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan