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Six example sentences with rely, each labelled with its topic.
Rural clinics rely on a single refrigerated van, so one breakdown can spoil a month of vaccine supply.
Medicine
Speedrunners rely on a single frame-perfect jump, and one missed input sends an hour of work back to the start.
Gaming
Half the internet relies on three cloud regions, which is why a single outage takes down unrelated services.
Technology
The coach relies on his bench in the third quarter, resting the starters even when the lead is thin.
Basketball
Retirees who rely on a single dividend stock learn the hard way what happens when the payout is cut.
Finance
Good cooks rely on their sense of smell far more than on the timer when the onions are nearly done.
Cooking
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