How to Use be in a Sentence
be
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And there are still stocks with plenty of room to grow in 2025.
— Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024 -
Could munching this packet of crisps be centaurs rustling through the forest?
— Longreads, 14 July 2022 -
What will season 5 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel be about?
— Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 17 July 2022 -
There is much here that a contemporary reader will recognize.
— The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024 -
Nor would so many of those prosecutors be in political trouble.
— WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 -
One method is to place the feeders near each other, providing a visual cue that there is plenty of nectar, and there’s no need to fight over it.
— Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024 -
And there better be some pretty extraordinary facts to underlie it.
— Steve Peoples, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022 -
Will hundreds of people be taking a gondola to Alta and Snowbird in the future?
— Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 -
There is still time to make sure domestic mail and packages are delivered in time for Christmas Eve using FedEx.
— Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 -
There are also options for surf-n-turf meals, Italian cuisine, appetizers, charcuterie boards, and quiches.
— Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 -
Our vision is simply to be the most excellent Professional Publisher there is.
— Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 -
There is still much work to be done in criminal court, and our office will continue to diligently prosecute cases with integrity, fairness, and commitment to the rule of law.
— Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 -
But once again, there is a new Ford Capri in the world.
— Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 13 July 2024 -
There wasn't much offense from the Reds for most of the night.
— Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 3 May 2023 -
Looking over the rack, there were more and more things to like.
— Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023 -
There were five people in the group: four adults and the toddler.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023 -
How can the stuff of stones and bones also be the stuff of thought?
— Julian Baggini, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021 -
So there were nine months of casting all over the world.
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023 -
This seemed to get under the skin of the powers that be in Long Lake.
— Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021 -
At the same time, we’re supposed to be a nation of laws.
— Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2022 -
Two weeks later, there was no longer any need to keep up the act.
— Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024 -
Keeping the costs down There are a few further ways to help ease the costs in the long-term.
— Amber Middleton, Fortune Europe, 13 Oct. 2024 -
Will Britain’s winter be mild and wet, or cold and dry?
— Denise Roland, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022 -
Then, of course, there is the mess with Jackson, who is set to be a free agent on March 15.
— Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023 -
Put that in the article, so the powers that be can read it.
— Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2022 -
Yet the powers that be still refuse to throw Dexter Jettster a cameo.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 4 Jan. 2023 -
And when there are more, there will be more recognition of the rules.
— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024 -
If there were ever a year to subscribe to the Dave’s Picks series, 2024 is the year.
— Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024 -
There is no shame in growing and learning along the way.
— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Or have the five best non-playoff teams be in a lottery for the first five picks.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
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