Example Sentences

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The All-Star point guard hasn’t played since sustaining a Grade 2 left hamstring strain against the Thunder on April 2.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

It’s a solid foundation, and paying your bills and sustaining you month-to-month, but it’s time to start looking at the bigger picture.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Wakehurst said that bees were a "critical resource for ensuring food security and sustaining biodiversity".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"Unless the international community directly resources the Puntland institutions that police this coastline, neither the immediate threat nor the political economy sustaining it gets resolved."

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Like a threave, it was only sustaining itself until some richer meal came along.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor