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

The next pressure point may be the cost of sustaining the AI boom.

From MarketWatch • May 3, 2026

The reasons for John’s ferocious emotional repression are not fully explored, but they seem intrinsic to his grimly sustaining notion of island heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In the daylight, the Rezaeis’ house was older and smaller than Mamou’s, the khaki muted enough that I could look at it without sustaining damage to my visual cortex.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram