Example Sentences

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According to Marcia, George was convinced he’d be laughed out of Hollywood because in the original script characters were running around and shooting at one another and nobody was getting hurt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

These neurons became active while the mice were running and continued firing for at least an hour after exercise ended.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Until the final whistle, PSG's players were running as hard as they did at the start.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Expectations were running high coming into the quarter.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Those were not the faces of men who had been defeated or were running away.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh