Example Sentences

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That’s why Ortberg’s comment that the Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Boeing to make 47 737 MAX jets per month matters so much.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

“The bill is allowing things to take place which could disfigure a city like Eagle Rock,” said Quackenbos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

"The Home Office is allowing this to happen," Aisha told us.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Research led by MIT has shown that cutting these ozone-depleting substances is allowing the ozone layer to slowly heal.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

‘They is allowing me to hear absolutely every single twiddly little thing.’

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl