Example Sentences

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The number of people who told him to quit would have filled the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

War has emptied the usually traffic-jammed streets of Iran's capital, but Islamic republic authorities have filled them with checkpoints and security forces as they tighten their grip on the population.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

If that Turner try ended up being the decisive moment in the game there was another moment, on 64 minutes, that could have filled that slot.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Even “when I’m in the mud and I have filled up my muck boots with mud and water, at no point have I ever thought, ‘Man I miss the office,’” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

He might have filled the place at the center of himself with the answer to who he was, but he had lost so much more.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor