lend-lease
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The bipartisan lend-lease proposal seeks to expedite the supply of American military weapons to head off an invasion.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Shmyhal also said the Ukrainian government had approved a request to the U.S. government for a "gas lend-lease" arrangement to help Ukraine through what he said would be the toughest heating season in its history.
From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2022
Launched during World War II, lend-lease signaled the U.S. would become what Franklin D. Roosevelt called the “arsenal of democracy” helping Britain and the allies fight Nazi Germany.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2022
The lend-lease concept does not appear to be used or even discussed in the Ukrainian conflict.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
That we're here is a sort of lend-lease in reverse, you might say.
From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sydney Bowen
And many a corporation had warned its lend-leased talent: come on back or stay away for good.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ltd. as a quid pro quo for lend-leased U.S. oil, but had backed down before Teheran.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. lend-leased a symphony conductor to the Commonwealth of Australia this week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Selznick lend-leased Hitchcock to-20th Century-Fox to make Lifeboat for $200,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before long more than 40,000 tons of silver, which cost the U.S. about $675,000,000, will be lend-leased to war plants for the duration.*
From Time Magazine Archive
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World War II
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