had consolidated
- past perfect of consolidate.
Example Sentences
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By the time the bloc had threatened intervention and begun to plan it, the chance had gone: the new junta had consolidated control over the Nigérien army and mobilised popular opinion in its support.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
But by the time he returned home, a group of conservative religious students turned rebel fighters were dominating Afghanistan’s messy, multisided civil war and had consolidated power over the capital.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2025
In 1925, in Iran, Reza Shah had consolidated his rule and commenced a program of modernization, increasing ties with Germany and employing hundreds of Germans.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Asked if Ukraine would wait until it had consolidated the power supply before firing up any reactors, he said: "It is a logical conclusion".
From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2022
Great as a military organizer and influential as a politician, he had already awakened the whole land to a still higher fervor, and had consolidated public sentiment in favor of his plans.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
