Example Sentences

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The experience with Arena was a harsh lesson for Authentic, which never had owned a media property before.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

In Madison, Wisconsin, as a young man, he had owned a used bookstore.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Authorities did not say who had owned the previously seized guns, or how the suspect procured the weapons used in the shooting.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Berkshire had owned about half of Heinz, which it had taken private along with 3G, the investment firm founded in Brazil, in 2013.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

His father had owned an Italian restaurant, and his mother died of cancer when he was young.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken