Example Sentences

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Say you told the chatbot you were training for a marathon six months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Athletes showed differences in short-chain fatty acid levels and in the presence of certain bacterial species depending on how hard they were training.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

“I’m fine with crises, I can really deal with crises. All my businesses were training in dealing with crises. This was just another one,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 3, 2025

Later, as they stood on a nearby hill ready to wave them off, Kit recalls her brother asking one last question about just what it was that they were training for.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

“You were training this late? And, boy, I told you you not ready for that sequence!”

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi