Example Sentences

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Weakening the NIH could undermine America’s place in fast-moving fields like AI-biotech research, narrowing its global influence over the very rules and norms that will govern the future.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“I was elected as a Democratic socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic socialist,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

"I will govern by a simple motto: Promises made, promises kept," he said.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2024

“Haitian people will choose who will govern them,” Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier said Monday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Let him guarantee free political activity so that people may decide who will govern them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela