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Example Sentences

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“It happens. That’s part of the game. That’s what keeps you coming back. I didn’t feel I had the command I usually have, especially early in counts and I think it cost me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Any move higher in yields would do the trick, especially as the market grapples with uncertainty about the way new Fed chair Kevin Warsh will go about monetary policy.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

There’s a vocabulary and a shorthand in how characters are depicted in TV series, especially in crime thrillers where the police-procedural aspects are supposed to embellish the characterizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

There were some signs in the latest US jobs figures of tens of thousands of new jobs being created especially in hospitality, linked to the World Cup.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Hannie walks so fast the rest of us have to run, especially the little ones.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler