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in any way or respect how can we ever repay what you've done for us?

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Recent Examples of ever In the intervening years, Disney has produced several new Star Wars movies and an ever-expanding number of television series for the Disney+ streaming service. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 SpaceX’s Starship nails 11th test flight SpaceX’s Starship, the biggest and most powerful spacecraft ever launched, successfully completed its 11th test flight, bringing the company closer to sending humans to other worlds. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025 The mission, which successfully lofted a batch of satellites for the Guowang broadband network, was the 600th ever for a Long March rocket. Mike Wall, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025 It is expected to have a detection volume of about 30 cubic kilometers, making Hunt the largest neutrino telescope ever built. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ever
Adverb
  • The one trend everybody knew Buffalo couldn’t count on forever was its kooky 25 consecutive games without a negative turnover margin.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Athletes can’t race or play forever, so the smartest ones use fashion and lifestyle to expand their influence.
    Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Even so, more than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a recent study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Her voice was half–carried off by the dry wind.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In his candid remarks on earnings calls, Karp doesn’t always follow advice for talking points.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There is always a group of non-stars with a chance to change the league.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Because that could really be interesting.
    Josh Robbins, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The odds of a hurricane landfall in the US really dwindle at the end of October and into November, but there have been notable late-season exceptions.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Meanwhile, Democrats have been loath to accept any verbal agreements, instead using the CR fight to demand Republicans permanently extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
  • However, his relationships within the royal family have been permanently altered due to his involvement with multiple scandals, including his relationship with billionaire predator Jeffrey Epstein.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Knowing that encrypted messages on a private network could be remotely wiped, an officer quickly took photographs of the BlackBerry’s screen.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • None can be considered likely, or remotely close to likely.
    Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Read labels carefully for these chemicals Industry is constantly adding new chemicals so there will always be ingredients that need to be examined for potential toxicity, McKenney said.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But Netanyahu was beholden for his political future to the radical minority that supported it, and constantly catered to their whims.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Social media is also full of ideas from people taking this oversized pie and turning it into any number of other desserts, from mini individual pies (with the use of a biscuit cutter) to layered trifles that are highly impressive and visually stunning.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have greenlit a drama series centered on the lives of the highly influential Kennedy family, Variety has learned.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025

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