Example Sentences

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And she adds: “The court’s apparently oblivious insistence to the contrary today cannot be squared with what Callais said on its face just over one month ago.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Got the Dodgers squared away with nine innings of one-run baseball in Game 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Next, another Rangers fan - or fans - squared up to Julian Araujo, the Celtic full-back.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

In “Malcolm X,” Lindo squared off with Denzel Washington’s protagonist as a Harlem hustler named West Indian Archie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I squared my stance, ready to argue, to tell Grandma again that we didn’t use soap, but when I looked up, the woman I saw was not the woman I expected to see.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover