Example Sentences

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Reached Thursday, a Southern spokesman declined to comment.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Reached by phone or text message, family members of some missing teens said they weren’t prepared to talk, in part because they were still searching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Reached on her cell Aug. 29, Kilgannon said she had no comment and hung up before O’Matz could explain what we planned to publish about her and her work.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

Mark Kaylor:, external Reached the middleweight quarter-finals for Great Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Reached over, plucked Rock off the bench where he’d been cowering and reeking of urinal cakes and dragged him behind us like a toddler dragging a security blanket.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen