freed
Example Sentences
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But in 2020, Brambles was freed from prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Selling the Lakers freed up other assets and collateral that Walter had pledged to finance the team purchase last year, a person familiar with the matter said—which might help the insurance remediation move more quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Officials have estimated that at least 630 inmates would have been freed immediately if the new rules had been in place in February this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The people of South Memphis have suffered through years of pollution from factories in Boxtown, founded by freed slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But a family of people who were later freed said, “None did more valiant service, both by advice and actual soliciting for funds than their true friend and sympathizer, Paul Jennings.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
