Example Sentences

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Scouring the racks at the Elemeno market, most pieces cost $15 to $40, though there were special pieces pulled to the side in some booths with price tags that could make a parent’s eyes pop.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

"Losing a child is every parent's worst nightmare and I know the impact this news will have on the wider community and particularly Mackenzie's school."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

That’s a worst-case scenario, of course, but every parent’s fear is that your child never launches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

PDD tumbled 10% after the Temu parent’s first-quarter earnings missed analysts’ estimates.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

From a parent’s point of view, it wasn’t a bad way to raise teenagers—knowing that a set of watchful adults was trailing them at all times, tasked with extricating them from any sort of emergency.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama