had
Example Sentences
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A year ago, it had seemed silly to obtain government proof of what we’d known to be true for six years: We were life partners.
From Los Angeles Times
Waymo also unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a temporary restraining order against one resident who had allegedly repeatedly blocked the vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times
On Monday, Lao media reported that they had found the body of a woman, named Pany Her.
From BBC
But the folks commenting in the replies had a completely different investigation in mind – the one into Jeffrey Epstein.
From BBC
Alejandra Acuña, a Venezuelan marketing agent in Spain, said she had bought tickets to Caracas months earlier, hoping to introduce her partner to the homeland she left a decade ago.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.