Example Sentences

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If Draghi’s legacy was saving the euro, Lagarde hopes hers will be propelling it into a truly global currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

“When I said goodbye to this job, to this life of opulence and glitter, images and adoration, the quest to be desired, I was saving my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The government said changes it had made meant it was saving most "typical independent pubs" £4,800 per year.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

“I look at that and think, ‘Well, she was saving that for something,' because I end up seeing these in other places,” her archivist explains.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

“I was saving it for Valentine’s Day, but that’s months away, and anyway I think this is a much better occasion,” he says.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar