put before

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“We have faith in the court system and believe that, once all the evidence is put before an impartial jury, Carlos will be exonerated,” Kolasinski said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

However, she said it should not have taken so long for a decision to have been made, saying: "Money's been put before residents' physical and mental health."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

"There hasn't been a time, throughout this whole thing with me, where my wellbeing has been put before my dad's," Gemma said.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

“It’s about who is in charge of what gets put before us on the screen. It literally changes what we see, which changes what we think.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Most of the meals Thula managed to put before her children consisted of thin stews made from parsnips, rutabagas, potatoes, and chipped beef.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown