Example Sentences
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“Showgirl’s” 12 songs racked up 681 million streams in all, Billboard said — the fourth-biggest streaming week of all time, behind Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” and Drake’s “Scorpion” and “Certified Lover Boy.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” released in 2024, accounted for 6% of all album sales that year.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025
“Midnights,” from 2022, was a little moodier than 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was a little wordier than its predecessor, but both operated within a relatively narrow template.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
While 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department” and 2022’s “Midnights” were respectively announced during the Grammys and VMAs, the earth-shattering news about “The Life of a Showgirl” dropped on . . . a podcast.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
Tortured beyond endurance by this long conflict with his fears, he resolved, come what might, to try his fate, and, with a shrill cry for mercy upon his soul, he dropped from the ledge.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
