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16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The midterms determine which party controls Congress and were seen as a referendum on the controversial Republican leader, who earlier urged people to pretend he was on the ballot paper.
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he → determine → paper
Democrats needed a net gain of four seats in the 100-member Senate to win a majority, while in the 435-member House, they needed three.
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they → need → three
Speaking to Fox News after Republicans lost control of the US Senate, President Donald Trump admitted Democrats said the result surprised him.
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result → speak → him
“Well, I’m a little bit surprised. I thought they’d do better, we had tremendous rallies,” he said.
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he → think → rallies
“I thought that I could transfer those people into candidates.”
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I → think → candidates
Potential 2028 presidential challenger Democrat US senator Jon Ossoff won re-election in Georgia, which had been a top Republican target.
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which → win → Georgia
Mr Ossoff told supporters: “In sweeping and decisive victories, the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption, and incompetence of the failed lame duck president Donald J Trump.”
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people → tell → president
The 39-year-old has been a leading critic of the US president and his administration, raising his national profile.
Senate candidate James Talarico became the first Democrat to win a statewide office in Texas since 1994.
The party also flipped a string of seats in the House of Representatives in states like Kentucky, New Jersey and North Carolina.
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party → lead → Kentucky
Elsewhere, Democrat former senator Sherrod Brown won the upper house seat of Ohio, defeating Republican incumbent Jon Husted.
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Brown → win → Husted
The Democrats had expected to benefit from voter discontent over the cost of living, tariffs and high energy prices fuelled by the Iran war, which Mr Trump launched with Israel earlier this year.
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Trump → expect → Israel
In the face of losses, Mr Trump posted on his Truth Social platform: “I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!”
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we → post → LANDSLIDE
“And if, at times these last two years, amidst the ceaseless onslaught of brutality and indecency, you doubted whether our republic would survive, let tonight’s results give you courage that the first light of dawn is on the horizon.”
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light → doubt → horizon
The Democrats also retained New Hampshire, with Chris Pappas seeing off Republican John Sununu.
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Pappas → retain → Sununu
Mr Pappas will replace retiring senator Jeanne Shaheen, a three-term Democrat who ousted Mr Sununu in 2008.
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who → replace → 2008
He told supporters: “This has been a long campaign against the backdrop of chaos, corruption and costs coming out of Washington.”
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This → tell → Washington
In California, long-shot shot Republican candidate is Steve Hilton, a former top aide to David Cameron lost to former state attorney general Xavier Becerra.
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candidate → lose → Becerra
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