Example Sentences

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Email notifications for Drop 2 time slots will go out from Aug. 6-7.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Residents lined up at the wooden lectern to speak in three-minute slots, many invoking the less-than-savory reputation man camps earned in Wyoming’s boom-and-bust past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

No front-runner: Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and reality TV’s Spencer Pratt are locked in a three-way battle for the two top slots on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Only 23 slots are available in round three, so the EFL must lose a tie - or two teams - via preliminary round fixtures.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

She slides a hidden drawer out of the base, finds a hidden compartment beneath the drawer, takes out a wooden key, and slots the key inside the chimney.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr