Example Sentences

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It recently arrested Iranian paramilitary troops it said were trying to infiltrate the country by sea and on Wednesday expelled two Iranian diplomats in response to the strikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He wrote an essay on how schools in the Southern Section were trying to convince him to leave Carson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

"Nobody really has ever tried to interweave an actual plot story into a dogfight, and we were trying to do that."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Jazz artists "were trying to find a way to express life through our improvisations. The music has got to mean something," Rollins later told National Public Radio.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

They were trying to tell me something—one word over and over.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell