Example Sentences

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Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

According to Lehtinen, the two objects were paired as instruments of protest and change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The overall destruction, paired with the collapse of a major alliance, made 2025 a defining year for the game.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

For centuries, marriage was not the consecration of love, but rather an economic transaction between families who paired up their children in order to consolidate power and land ownership.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

They are marched, thus paired, black and white rattling together, to Williamsburg for judgment.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson