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Example Sentences
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“For people who have been able to redevelop that kind of spiritual connection with the land through their years of observation and study, eating things that you forage is kind of like an active communion with these environments that you love and you’ve come to know,” Diaz said.
From Los Angeles Times
"They've been pushing the government… to put money into a peace programme that will bring civil society organisations this year from Israel, from the West Bank, to come in and speak."
From BBC
“This is probably as healthy as I’ve been since I got injured before the last Olympics,” Johnson said before Sunday’s race.
“The level of intensity, the talent, the attention to detail — they’ve applied that all season long. We have a lot of lessons to pull from.”
From Los Angeles Times
“We’ve played the most teams in the top 15 in Southern California,” Morris said.
From Los Angeles Times
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