Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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They found that the mineral grains had welded back together during compression.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
Clambering across the sloped roof of King’s College Chapel with the agility of an undergraduate, Toby Lucas, 56, pointed to where his craftsmen had welded solar panels to an expanse of newly installed lead.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
An ex-slave named Toussaint Louverture had welded bands of rampaging rebels into an army that could defend their revolution from European powers who wanted to make it disappear.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2015
Already, without De Gaulle's encouragement, Soustelle had welded 100 small Gaullist factions into a well-organized party called The Union for the New Republic.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Miss Sadie’s story, Jinx himself had welded that on the gate.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
