Example Sentences

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One of the issues that was pretty central in your campaign was eradicating deputy gangs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

The agency said it wouldn’t try to overturn a judge’s rejection of its case that Meta was eradicating potential future competition by taking over a virtual-reality start-up.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Fascinated by infectious diseases, his favorite story was eradicating a syphilis outbreak in St. Louis in the 1960s by giving out free beers at a bar to anyone who'd get the penicillin shot.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

“I was shocked to learn that the American-funded anti-poppy police unit was eradicating Afghan poppies by hand,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2019