Example Sentences

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Twelve said they were building new wings and nine said they were rebuilding existing hospital buildings.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022

“They were where we are. They were rebuilding a few years ago, and they’ve done a really good job of drafting and developing and we respect what they’ve done,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2021

But they were rebuilding and needed all the prospects Francis wrangled from the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Ottawa Senators in pre-expansion-draft deals.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2019

“Why is that? Because we were rebuilding a world that was torn to shreds by populism and a World War.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2018

They passed the land of Judea on their way, where the captives who had returned from Babylon, and their successors, were rebuilding the cities and reoccupying the country.

From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob