nightly-2024-07-01: chore: fix examples (#5357)

# Description

## Problem\*

Resolves <!-- Link to GitHub Issue -->

## Summary\*

Some minor fixes to the `examples` folder I noticed while debugging a
user issue.


## Additional Context



## Documentation\*

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- [ ] Documentation included in this PR.
- [ ] **[For Experimental Features]** Documentation to be submitted in a
separate PR.

# PR Checklist\*

- [ ] I have tested the changes locally.
- [ ] I have formatted the changes with [Prettier](https://prettier.io/)
and/or `cargo fmt` on default settings.