Example Sentences

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In the blink of an eye, farmers markets were announcing their last weekends.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2025

“They were announcing on their bullhorn: ‘You’re defying a federal court order.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Andy Robinson, 69, said it was with "great sadness" that he and his wife were announcing their retirement and the closure of the shop.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

Other jurisdictions in the region were announcing they were closing individual campuses due to increasing covid cases, but Goldson’s decision, he said, prevented a surge of infections in county schools.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023

They were announcing departures for a world that now and forever meant nothing to me.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus