Example Sentences

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Most believed, wrongly, that Hussein had aided in the 9/11 attacks.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

His mission was to track down American traitors who had aided the Italian and Nazi war efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Waiving the fee for roughly half a year was estimated to cost the county $360,000 and had aided hundreds of families, according to a September report from the medical examiner.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

Unwilling to start a war with the United States in Asia, he advised Kim to seek assistance not from Moscow but from Mao, whose CCP forces North Korea had aided in the Chinese civil war.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Membership was confined to women with at least one ancestor who had aided the cause of the Revolutionary War.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman