Example Sentences

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For now, the geopolitical risk premium, which had been supporting oil prices, appears to have tapered off.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

He added pastors had been supporting the family from the early moments of when the attack happened.

From BBC • May 5, 2024

Pall, who was just 22 years of age at the time, said he felt pressured into complying because the older model had been supporting him financially and he felt indebted.

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

Kandula was set to graduate this December with a master’s in information systems from the Seattle campus of Northeastern University and had been supporting her single mother living in India.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

By the time he turned fourteen in 1941, he had been supporting his mother and brother with his daily labor for two years.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren