Example Sentences

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Mr. Mamdani’s supporters have spun a romantic narrative around him and the organization he has called his “political home.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Netflix would have spun it out into a mini-series.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

No matter which way it would have spun, a lot of people would have lost money and decried the unfair nature of UMA’s decisionmaking here.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2024

And they tell a story about an economy, a country and a world that seems to many to have spun out of control.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024

The girls have spun a web of conspiracy around Mummie.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood