Example Sentences

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Eritrea has strategic Red Sea coastline, and U.S. congressional commissions have referred to it as the “North Korea of Africa.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

In the past, when shares of unprofitable companies have left more solidly profitable peers in the dust, investors have referred to the phenomenon as a “dash for trash.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

US officials including Donald Trump have referred to a multi-week war, though the president said Monday that "we're already substantially ahead of our time projections."

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

"In older children, it's much more like adults - we use abdominal thrusts or what people would often have referred to as the Heimlich manoeuvre," Dr Ruddle said.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

References to "shading" in some of the ancient texts may have referred to differences in tuning.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones