Example Sentences

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This part wasn’t entirely new: American newspapers had been sponsoring these contests for at least 20 years.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

I had been sponsoring Haitian youth through a small NGO which collapsed after the earthquake.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Separately on Tuesday, an Irish betting company that had been sponsoring Dennis Rodman’s basketball initiative in North Korea said it had cut its ties with the former N.B.A. star.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2013

Baird explained that she and her husband had been sponsoring their employees for U.S. citizenship and that their violation was a "legal technicality."

From Time Magazine Archive