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The mayor has repeatedly defended the program, crediting it with a 17.5% reduction in “unsheltered homelessness” — the number of people living on the street or in their vehicles — over a two-year span.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

"Construction has been booming," he told AFP before withdrawing cash, crediting various family support programmes introduced for the upswing.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

And many are crediting his prescience in getting Chevron to stay in the country all those years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

At his press conference in Tucson this week, Patel opened by crediting Trump for improved cooperation with public sectors.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Suppose it was likewise proposed to them to deposit their plate to be coined for the pay of the Army, crediting the government for the value, by weight.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel