Example Sentences
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Laura Ingraham and Jesse Watters chose not to preview or promote the speech in the two prime hours leading up to it, and Ingraham refrained from mentioning it on her Friday, Monday and Tuesday broadcasts.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
But it has refrained from fresh attacks on Israeli or Saudi targets, as Tehran seems to calibrate its policy in the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Central banks refrained from aggressive tightening cycles amid economic growth, a trend which Matejka and his team do not see changing dramatically.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
But, unlike Hezbollah, which attacked Israel on March 2, three days after the U.S. and Israeli campaign on Iran, the Houthis had refrained from helping their ally, until Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
I was a little glad that he had called us boys and refrained from the word “devil.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
