Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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By 2023, he had walked that back and adjusted the timeline by another 10 to 15 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Along with a thousand or so other Catholics, Dowling had walked more than a mile from a nearby parish church to the Broadview facility.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
At that point, Battalion Chief Martin Mullen, who was running the mop-up operation, had walked three laps around the perimeter of the fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
"I felt like I wanted to apologise to the people who had walked past me for how ugly I was," she says.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
After he had tied the dog up and fed him, Mr. Loomis walked back to the road and stood looking in the direction they had walked, toward the store.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
