Example Sentences

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When Trump first met Barack Obama after winning the 2016 election, he appeared to be awed by the office he was inheriting.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

I came into this season with an acute awareness of what I was inheriting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

Asked about the current team he was inheriting, Cooley said he would meet with his players — but made no promises.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2023

And he was inheriting a Jaguars team that was coming off a one-win season in 2020.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

They were getting a new one, my mom explained, so I was inheriting the old one.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs