lend-lease
Example Sentences
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We should go with the World Health Organization and adopt Roosevelt’s lend-lease strategy.
From Washington Post
The United States entered a lend-lease agreement to supply the Soviet Union with a modified version of the PBY Catalina, a seaplane with a primary mission of bombing submarines.
From Washington Times
"I believe we have a debt of gratitude to the Americans for building the state-of-the-art escort destroyers for lend-lease, which helped us," he said.
From Fox News
His ship and others like it were built by the U.S. and transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the lend-lease program that supplied Britain with food and weapons throughout the war.
From Seattle Times
His parents — his father a metallurgical engineer and his mother a chemist — were part of a Soviet delegation working with the American lend-lease program to aid allies during World War II.
From Washington Post
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