Example Sentences

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But even before the modern internet came to be, techies and sci-fi writers were already imagining what the web was going to look like.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

I’ve lived here for 30 years compared with his two years, so of course I was going to run into old acquaintances.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“I eventually just got to the point where I didn’t think he was going to do anything,” said Fowler, who accused Bhakta’s German shepherd of killing his chickens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

If the 1994 team was going to sell soccer to a wary public, it had to show it could play with the best.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

A hardness flutters across Mom’s eyes, but then just as quickly it’s gone, and whatever she was going to say, she now isn’t.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam