Example Sentences

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Recent days of hostilities showed how close the two foes have come to the edge even while trying to keep their military actions measured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

To make their point, they have come up with their own World Cup league tables - for beer taxes.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"To this point we've had 35 teams that have come into the United States," Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the task force, said at an event hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

I cannot vote here, which I have come to think of as the price of admission for living in a country whose politics do not become world headlines.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Since that first hatching, a handful of eggs have come to this world each decade.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville