had
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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His town had once been famous for its cheese production.
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“It gave us a reason to dance. We haven’t had a lot of those in the past year,” Yamamoto says.
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Griffin finished with 20 points and 18 rebounds versus the top team in Northern California but her effort went mostly unnoticed as Smith had 50 points.
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Williamson had the family background to play on varsity as a freshman.
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She said her father had been granted TPS when he entered the U.S. in 1999, and it allowed him to visit Honduras on at least two occasions.
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