Example Sentences

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It is increasingly understood as a quiet, common, and dangerous disorder that can be detected earlier, treated sooner, and linked closely to some of the world's biggest killers.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Ford, who escaped two would-be killers in less than one month, only narrowly lost the 1976 election despite running in the shadow of Watergate.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

Her family said the ruling "ripped up" Helen's Law, which places a legal duty on the Parole Board to consider the suffering caused by killers who refuse to disclose where their victim is buried.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The two suspected killers, Weldon Boyd and Bradley Williams, sat fiddling with their phones on a trailer hitched to Boyd’s white Ram TRX.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Unfortunately, a good many chemicals also have the power to separate oxidation from energy production, and the insecticides and weed killers are well represented on the list.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson