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had milked

  • past perfect of milk.

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Jeremy Gulban was trying to pause, after a spree of acquiring newspapers in small towns where Wall Street firms had milked their local papers dry.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2024

That has provoked accusations from the couple's critics, especially on social media, that they had milked the incident for their own ends.

From Reuters May 18, 2023

“I had milked cows before,” she recalled in a 2009 interview with The Associated Press.

From Washington Times Jan. 4, 2015

“I had milked cows before,” she recalled in a 2009 interview with the Associated Press.

From Washington Post Jan. 2, 2015

Sass did better with the cow, but I was sorry to see her go, for many times when I had milked her, I had whispered my worries to her.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan