Example Sentences

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“Any peer will strive to emulate and overtake any standards,” Rossington wrote.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

"We will take this experience as a lesson, and will strive to improve the accuracy and speed of our future information dissemination," the town said.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

During a ceremony in the capital, Niamey, Gen Tchiani said of his new military rank: "I receive this distinction with great humility... I will strive to live up to the trust placed in me."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025

Culhane is writing a paper in which he will strive to untangle the misinterpretations of the count arising from the flawed count.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

“I will strive against it,” I promised, a fresh lie.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein