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If the public is not convinced of the investigation’s validity, legal experts said, Snyder will have placed himself in an even worse position.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

Beattie's decision to lodge an official grievance against Pulis will have placed many of the Stoke players in an awkward position.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2010

By year’s end, the three-year-old firm will have placed loans worth $600 million, CEO Rob Frohwein says, and he projects a further $1 billion next year.

From Washington Post

Retorted Cooper: "If we accept this argument for all time, we will have placed upon ourselves a condition, a prohibition that would forbid us from ever exercising our constitutional responsibility."

From Time Magazine Archive

The war will have placed in our hands no golden gift of a new society; both the ways and the direction of progress must be sought and determined by ideals.

From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by Partridge, G.E.