Greener-pastures Sentence Examples

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  • Of those who survived the famine, many were forced to emigrate to greener pastures.

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  • He can't make you stop having feelings for him only you can decide that you won't settle for being treated poorly and are going to move on to greener pastures.

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  • By 2003, its stock market rating had fallen considerably, which concerned investors, encouraging them to move on to greener pastures.

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