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had liked

  • past perfect of like.

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“There must have been other children who had liked the wide window seats with their deep soft pillows,” we read.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Jewish Insider published what it called an exposé revealing that the mayor’s wife Rama Duwaji, a private citizen who holds no public office, had liked social media posts sympathetic to Palestinian rights.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2026

He said senior Conservative staffers in the party’s headquarters had liked what they’d seen and expressed an interest in joining Reform UK.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2024

It was in some respects an amalgamation of the prior arguments, particularly the ones that he had liked, but it also raised some new considerations.

From Slate Sep. 30, 2023

She had liked Mr. Dickens’s account of his travels in America—all but the Lowell part.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson