Example Sentences

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In 2024, California counted more than 406,000 late-arriving mail ballots, but they represented only about 2.5% of the statewide total.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Reiner was originally represented by celebrity attorney Alan Jackson, who left the case a short time later.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Workers represented by the union include cashiers, dishwashers, cooks, bartenders and concessions workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

This season has represented a stunning reversal of fortunes for the Knicks after decades as one of the worst teams in the league.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

And the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis