Example Sentences

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Stocks have been reaching trading at or near record highs for the past few weeks.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The club will eventually have new owners and we're already hearing that people have been reaching out to the administrators voicing their interest.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

“People I didn’t even know have been reaching out,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

But the coast guard is overwhelmed, and more people have been reaching Italy.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

Yet even that number somehow feels remarkably low, and the fact that it isn’t higher is a miracle—or at least, that’s what people have been reaching for.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman