fare
noun
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
had fared
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past perfectof fare.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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BlackRock’s more diversified business had fared better before Friday’s sharp decline, which put the shares down 11% this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
She remembers asking her medical team how breast-cancer patients like her had fared at the hospital at which she was treated, but, even with so many medical records stored electronically, she got no good answers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
Lawyer Hsu Chih-ming who attended the inaugurations told BBC Chinese that Taiwan had fared quite well under Ms Tsai but added that there is a need to maintain "good communications" with China.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
While Schirtz said she was “shaken up,” she knew she and her husband had fared better than the jewelers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Since both my mother’s and father’s families had helped to settle Washington County, I was interested to know how they and other pioneers had fared.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
