afforded

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"The first half was quite even - we gave away a cheap goal," captain Leah Williamson told BBC Sport after she afforded Jule Brand too much time and space to score Lyon's early opener.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Even Richard Nixon in his darkest, and sometimes drunken, moments had the good sense, or at least the protection afforded by his aides, to keep his most sadistic thoughts private.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

The complaint also argues that Jonasi presented his translation “as authoritative fact, not comedy,” so it shouldn’t get the 1st Amendment protections afforded to parody and satire.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Frederiksen had previously won international esteem and a degree of influence rarely afforded her nation of six million people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“Ears popped, eyes bulged,” Shorty Hunt wrote home breathlessly that night. joe had never flown in an airplane, never seen a city from any higher vantage point than that afforded by his own six-foot-three frame.

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