Example Sentences

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"Every two minutes a mother dies. These visa rejections are silencing those we most need to hear from," she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

On this night, the mercenaries prevailed, in a pummeling so relentless and a silencing so rapid that a three-peat appeared all but inevitable: Dodgers 14, Blue Jays 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Now, while Haaland's impressive haul of 29 goals for the campaign still leads the way, Semenyo - and others - are silencing those who feared City were too reliant on the Norwegian's goals.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The team found that this silencing occurs through DNA methylation, a natural process that adds chemical tags to DNA, turning the gene off.

From Science Daily • Nov. 5, 2025

The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away.

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson