counted on
Example Sentences
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With nearly half the votes counted on Tuesday night, Bass had 36.5%, Pratt 29.5% and Raman 21%.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It is the latest sign foreign luxury brands might not retain the pull -- and the cashflow -- that they counted on in the world's second largest economy in the 2010s.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
It’s also about the yearning for a more optimistic era of musical storytelling, when goodness could be counted on to prevail and a happy ending might be delayed but only rarely denied.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
For years, during the Cold War and War on Terror, the U.S. counted on Pakistan as an ally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
The Weirdos could be counted on to chew bits of their own stringy hair and fixate, non-blinking, on a dirt spot on the carpeting while a fire blazed right behind them.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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