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had talked
  • past perfect of talk.

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But her sister, Kellie Rhodes, says the family has been left with "unanswered questions" and Katie had talked to them about being fearful of "predators" before her death.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

We knew that the Reflecting Pool work was going on because Trump had talked about it so much.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

He also told staff that he had talked to Gates’s private office and “it is clear it doesn’t involve TerraPower.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“And I don’t want to be a distraction in any week, especially in a short week, so we had talked about that and he’s right there behind me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

But he’d been raised by such nerdy, square parents, who’d dragged him off to Sunday school and Boy Scout meetings, and had talked so seriously about how important it was to be a good person.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix