Example Sentences

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But what if bad things started to chip away at their retirement savings just as they were starting?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“We were starting in France, then we were going to Spain, then Ireland. But once we had that moment in the South of France at that restaurant, Mike said, ‘I don’t want to see anymore.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

He was like that as a player and nothing has changed now he is in the dug-out at a time when questions were starting to be asked of him as well as his team.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

There were a lot of people in the moment she started in 1970 who were starting to write what you call “realistic novels for tweens.”

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Other villagers who were starting to stir up the lanes with noise and dust didn’t seem to notice anything unusual about Naima either.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins