Example Sentences

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A weak oil-price outlook caused by sluggish demand growth and well-supplied markets has put pressure on oil majors’ returns to shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

There will be no Game 7 in Philadelphia, either, where the Phillies have arguably the majors’ most daunting home environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2024

Bobby Miller would be included in this rotation except, well, he’s been one of the majors’ worst pitchers this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

Nobody has come close to matching his simultaneous achievements at the plate and on the mound, becoming one of the majors’ elite players in both roles whenever healthy.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

She could hear the tramp of the two battalions and the majors' ringing commands, exercising, one on the plain to the south where Dwight's squadron disported itself before breakfast, the other out on the parade.

From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles