Example Sentences
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How many troops would each European country have to send, for how long, and under whose command?
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
Sign up for Capitol Letters, a newsletter we send for every day of the legislative session.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
According to reports, Mr. Musk asked his executives to send him a hiring list every week and to “think carefully” about whom they send for his approval.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2023
Bye, bye, baby/ I’ll send for you/ Ain’t got much money right now/ I’ll come back a millionaire, he croons softly, loftily, at the end of “Hollywood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
“But they said I could send for her!”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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