Example Sentences

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“But I could not even value freedom more than these notes. I did not want to die voiceless. That would mean I was accepting the worst that the world had ever known.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Harris’s team tried all seven, but learned none was accepting new Medicaid patients, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

But the campaign added that it was accepting the rules so that the debate could go ahead.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2024

The good sportsmanship with which Voda handled himself was noticed not only by Walker, but by several fans who surrounded Voda while he was accepting that initial phone call.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2024

And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier