Example Sentences

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Of seven key U.S. munitions used in the Iran conflict, four may have expended more than half of their prewar inventories, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

Alcaraz held to love to start the deciding set and quickly went a break up, with Munar looking to have expended all his energy taking the second set.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

On the other hand, being endothermic could have also contributed to megalodon's extinction, since constantly regulating body temperature like this would have expended more energy and thus required more food.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025

Both Ukraine and Russia have expended massive numbers of shells, and have looked to allies and partners around the world to refill their ammunition stockpiles.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

America could have used in other ways the energy that both groups have expended in this conflict.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin