Example Sentences
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But Herzog never judges or condescends to Treadwell, even if his involvement in documenting the fallout becomes increasingly complicated.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026 -
Nevada County Undersheriff Sam Brown said Thursday that the sheriff’s office was completing a coroner’s investigation, working on a missing persons investigation and documenting its search-and-rescue operations.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
20 Feb. 2026
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In everyday life, building secure attachment can look like making eye contact when your child is talking, validating their feelings instead of minimizing them, and being consistent with routines and expectations.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Parents,
17 Feb. 2026
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Runner-up Allisha Gray described the experience as validating.—
D’Joumbarey A. Moreau,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Apart from specifying that the number of wolves had to exceed the state’s endangerment cutoff, legislators never defined what such a sustainable level might be.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Feb. 2026
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Entire chapters specifying how nuclear material should be secured and what sorts of physical barriers should be built to protect it have been reduced to bullet points.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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At recent high-profile trials in Philadelphia, prosecutors have taken down defendants, locking them up using data from their cellphones, combined with other physical evidence corroborating their presence at locations relevant to the case.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Every indication is that Craig will be among this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame class when it is officially revealed at Thursday night’s NFL Honors, as multiple sources have indicated, corroborating a Wednesday report by NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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However, the near quarter-point decline in mortgage rates this year has yet to inspire buyers, illustrating a housing market still struggling to gather momentum.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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That's where the rate has consistently sat in recent weeks, illustrating the stability in the mortgage rate environment currently.—
Matt Richardson,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Referencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/referencing. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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