Example Sentences

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When the toys use messaging apps to control their owners in ways that go terrifyingly unnoticed, humankind itself seems to be blundering about with its brain unplugged.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

While this is good news for film studios, it’s perhaps even better news for theater owners, which have struggled in recent years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

The majority of those assets under management come from investors, family offices, and business owners with more than $10 million.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Ithaca, N.Y., for example, has created a system of “sidewalk improvement districts” in which property owners in each neighborhood pay a periodic assessment to fully fund sidewalk maintenance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Once this had been the top of a hill where the owners of the ruined house could catch an afternoon breeze.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer