Example Sentences

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After graduating from Kenyon College in Ohio, she took a job at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, which promotes conservative thinking on college campuses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Bass was leading among Latinos in a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll, co-sponsored by The Times, in March with 29% support, followed by Pratt at 16%, with Raman at the bottom at 9%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Studies indicate that the species - which was only discovered in 2017 - will go extinct if it continues to lose more than 1% of its population annually.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Iran’s decisions show they believe they have the upper hand, with Trump deterred from renewing the fighting,” said Ofer Guterman, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

I saw a quote in my Media Studies class that said: A Woman's Place Is in the Resistance.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan