Example Sentences

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Before that, she interned for the city, working to track the amount Los Angeles was spending on its homelessness response.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Shahid Rafiq, the secretary of the Reading Taxi Association, said he was working more hours to earn back what he was spending on fuel.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Cannon was spending Tuesday glued to the messaging app Telegram and news feeds for developments about the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Meta, whose capex is estimated at $122 billion this year, or five times what it was spending five years ago, doesn’t sell cloud computing.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

That summer, in 1927, Lawrence joined Beams on a visit to Europe, where Swann was spending a sabbatical.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik