Example Sentences

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The DFC reinsurance plan will insure losses up to $20 billion collectively on a rolling basis for eligible vessels.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

“We will insure we have a certain period of stockpile in Taiwan, including food, including critical supply, minerals, chemicals and energy of course.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

In a separate plea, some lawmakers are hoping to reduce the area that the flood program will insure to prevent the rebuilding of properties on unsafe, high-risk lands.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2017

But such ambivalence will insure his defeat in a party that has longed prized bellicosity for a righteous cause.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2015

I do not know when I will die, but there are tables which tell me what my life expectancy is and insurers will insure me on the basis of those tables.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton