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An em dash, or long dash, is used:# s8 A# `* j5 V, y. Z+ L7 j
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; v% Z1 I( M2 K/ s Thousands of children—like the girl in this photograph—have been left homeless.
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$ g& X. q9 P7 O/ W5 N: L3 S- to show other kinds of break in a sentence where a comma, semicolon, or colon would be traditionally used:
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) g+ h1 G0 ]5 f' P One thing’s for sure—he doesn’t want to face the truth.
. z5 S* f% R- U' I9 w1 `7 e1 S Things have changed a lot in the last year—mainly for the better.5 F0 g" _" A: I1 A) R. j
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