How to Use very same in a Sentence

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  • The Democrats in the Senate can do the very same thing.
    ABC News, 14 May 2023
  • And some of these very same folks who want to help Israel, but then want to walk away from Ukraine?
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Well, that very same attorney and a friend each chipped in $600.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The West Bank and Gaza are subjected to the very same exercise.
    CBS News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • This is the same record of success these very same leaders have lauded all along.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The very same tactic that draws their fans ensnares their critics.
    Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
  • On the very same red carpet, Zendaya made a splash in an archival Mugler robot suit with cutouts on the breasts and butt cheeks.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • First, though, the series skips ahead to 2023, where a different young woman rides the subway to the very same office.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Because these very same talented people can go across the street and make twice as much.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 28 Apr. 2024
  • That’s because the very same skills that are valued on the pitch are also highly desirable in the c-suite.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • But the very same mascara-streaked moments that have made for ratings gold have come under fire.
    Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Walkers have been in the coffee business since 2017 pursuing the very same mission.
    Hannah Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But the frenzy may feed into the very same culture of consumption some people use it to solve for.
    Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But not until after Lipa got the very same tattoo first.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Maybe that’s why there are countless other videos of creators raving about the very same product.
    Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • And that his legal team should hide or destroy those very same documents.
    ABC News, 11 June 2023
  • The very same folks who may soon be on strike if their negotiations go badly.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • According to a new study of downtown Chicago, underground hotspots may threaten the very same structures that emit the heat in the first place.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 11 July 2023
  • On the very same day, her little sister Kylie posed for a selfie on Instagram in the silver version.
    Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, my 9-year-old son was on his daily group Facetime with his friends over their Thanksgiving break when one of his classmates Googled the very same thing.
    Tanay Howard, Parents, 8 Dec. 2023
  • At the very same time, however, a flurry of extreme weather events were battering the globe.
    David Gelles, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • On the very same day, Sergey Surovikin, a high-ranking Russian general who was seen as close to Prigozhin and may even have aided the mutiny, was removed from his post.
    Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Now, some 55 years later, the owners have transformed that very same lodge into a contemporary stay called The Grand Lodge.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The scene is a world away from when el Gardoum learned to surf fifteen years ago, on the very same beach, lacking formal equipment or instruction.
    Frankie Adkins, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2023
  • And, with so many unknowns about our early universe, those very same scientists have been working hard to learn more about it.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But some of those techniques were first developed in order to tackle this very same problem.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Half of them saw a video of a D P S officer discussing car safety, half saw one on gun safety with the very same officer.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • What makes our moment rare is that freedom and democracy are under attack, both at home and overseas, at the very same time.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, actor Adam Driver, in makeup and costume as Enzo, sat for his morning shave by the son of the barber who shaved the automaker — in the very same chair.
    Scott Huver, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • David, who happens to be hiding in the very same cave, sneaks up on the urinating sovereign, takes out a knife and, rather than kill him, stealthily slices off a piece of Saul’s robe.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024

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