had fanned
- past perfect of fan.
Example Sentences
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Pilots had fanned out to airports in South Florida, Charlotte, Houston and Columbus, Ohio, to go pick up the stranded jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
In little more than an hour, dozens of settlers had fanned out across the hills.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Until the girl’s remains were found, searchers had fanned out to look for her along a highway between Lansing and Detroit, an effort that involved divers, dogs, drones and helicopters.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The funeral took place away from the glare of the media and in stark contrast to the brazen, self-publicising style with which Prigozhin had fanned his reputation far beyond Russia for ruthlessness and ambition.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
On one of the coldest nights of the year, a record number of Iowans had fanned out to their local caucuses, almost double the turnout from four years earlier.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
