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Six example sentences with ensue, each labelled with its topic.
Investors expected a bidding war to ensue once the patent was put up for sale, and three offers arrived within a week.
Business
Lawyers warned that years of appeals would ensue if the contract's arbitration clause were struck down by the court.
Law
Researchers found that when a reward stops without warning, a burst of frustrated effort tends to ensue before the behavior fades.
Psychology
A scramble ensued when the rebound bounced free, and three players ended up on the floor before the whistle.
Basketball
A sharp sell-off ensued once the central bank hinted at a rate rise, erasing two weeks of gains by noon.
Finance
When the pressure drops below that threshold a rapid boil ensues, and the liquid vanishes from the flask in seconds.
Science
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