abetted

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Abetted by Evans, Pearl Jam lets its songs billow outward with neo-psychedelic richness: clouds of vocal harmony or guitar tones, subtle bulwarks of keyboard, impulsive instrumental passages, playgrounds of percussion.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Abetted by attorney Roy Cohn, McCarthy’s crusade played out against the backdrop of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2020

Abetted by an industry that funded scientific research linking fat with coronary disease, sugar, the real culprit according to Mr Taubes, was allowed to slip off the hook.

From Economist • Dec. 15, 2016

Abetted by the self-affirmative nature of the social media platforms by which it’s disseminated, the evisceration clip functions to reinforce an already existing consensus, rather than to change anyone’s mind.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2016

Abetted by Father Hidalgo, he had been interested in a new attempt to discover Gran Quivira, and the Texas crisis seemed to give him an opening.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene