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Example sentences for: checked

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A U.N. official checked up on passengers during the day yesterday and persuaded the hijackers to release a diabetic man.
So to examine cultural bias in a wider sense, I checked the surname Lambert, happily borne by Anglophones as well as Francophones.
Finally, concerning the etymology of savvy , Mr. Lawrence should not believe everything he reads in sources such as Mencken's American Language . In fact, I checked in another dozen English dictionaries, and they all state that savvy comes from Spanish sabe . These dictionaries are simply wrong on this point (as they are, I might add, on many other etymologies).
A bright blue checked linen tailcoat from America dated around 1815, neat and tight fitting with self-covered buttons, is a nice contrast to both of these.
She had also checked with the acting head of the FBI's Bin Ladin unit.