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The union had won a point when Mayor Burton of Cleveland revoked Republic's permit for use of the airport from which planes had provisioned its strike-bound plants in Ohio.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was well, indeed, that the master of Annerley had provisioned his little fortress, the inmates of which amounted to forty persons, the greater proportion women and children.

From Jasper Lyle by Ward, Harriet

The same architect who built the fortress had provisioned it, so to speak, and that in no stinted measure.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

So he had provisioned the Manhattan and, much to the joy of the boys, headed for the group of islands north of Luzon.

From Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

In a few minutes the sea-boat's crew, drilled for such emergencies, had provisioned and watered the twenty-five-foot motor-launch that hung in davits abreast of the after-funnel.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)