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Based on the true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The submarine moved through the English Channel into the North Sea, the British military said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Ed Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department of Carnegie Mellon University, a staff writer for Lit Hub, and the editor of Belt Magazine.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
The submarine moved through the English Channel into the North Sea, the British military said.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Ed Simon is the Public Humanities Special Faculty in the English Department of Carnegie Mellon University, a staff writer for Lit Hub, and the editor of Belt Magazine.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the English
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