who'd
Americancontraction
Usage
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Example Sentences
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“I think it shows strength,” said a man named Charlie who’d driven 90 minutes to a Petaluma gun store to see Bianco.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
“That was one where the critics who’d been killing me, they didn’t know I was capable of doing something like that,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
They have clout in the industry, insight into music trends, and insider knowledge of upcoming artists who'd be willing to risk a Eurovision bid.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The staff “knew that it was imminent” from the number of American healthcare workers who’d gone to help in West Africa, Angela Hewlett, the unit’s current medical director, told me.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
But she also needed me—as a contrast, as a charity friend, and as someone who’d known her for years and years.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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