How to Use or anything in a Sentence

or anything

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  • There was no lap around the court or anything close to grandiose.
    Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 29 July 2024
  • The prison staff didn’t give him bleach or anything to clean it up.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2023
  • That would be crazy to even see their process or anything like that.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There weren’t the big hotels or anything like that yet.
    Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Wrap it in dark glass, and don’t skimp on the brass, bronze, or anything else golden.
    Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • No one is going to take a five-point lead or anything like that.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
  • Whether that be grief, or something to do with love, or anything like that.
    Ana Osorno, Town & Country, 14 July 2023
  • This wasn’t like any sort of revenge game or anything like that.
    Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • This has nothing to do with Palestine, the war in Gaza, or anything else.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 4 June 2024
  • That said, don’t expect Jolie to star in the next Chloé campaign or anything.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 June 2024
  • Life is too short to go about holding grudges or anything.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The giant pocket on the front is great for stash snacks, a phone, or anything else needed for hours in front of the TV.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
  • And there's no state laws that require spay and neuter or anything like that, but that's what saves lives is spay and neuter.
    Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The partner left no will or trust or anything in writing.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • There’s been no issues, no clunkers or anything like that.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
  • This is the time to be clear and direct: There is no hazing or anything close to it in this program.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Not in the way that it will just be called Alien vs. Predator or anything like the original movies.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Not a single toothbrush, not some shoes to put on their feet or anything.
    TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This can include tools that keep software up-to-date or anything that need to run in the background.
    WIRED, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Well, you aren’t allowed to tell anybody that you’ve been cast or anything.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Mario can’t sprint, toss fireballs or anything like that.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • No stress about turning it out of a pan, frosting, or anything.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 28 July 2023
  • The tree came in a classic brown packing box and did not include a bag or anything to store it in for the future.
    Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Nobody thought about things like the Emmys or awards or anything.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The fact is most fresh produce is grown in the open where anyone or anything — such as insects and birds — can touch it.
    Primrose Freestone, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The window to catch that bottom or anything near it was open ever so briefly before the stock was off to the races again.
    Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • When there’s a little sapling in the ground, any wind or anything affects it so much more than a giant tree.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • There are no firms caps or anything in statute that directs how much WIFA can award to certain projects.
    The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
  • There was no time for dinners or hanging out, or anything like that.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
  • No event was reported as bogus, or AI-generated, or anything like that.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024

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