harbored

Example Sentences

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This confirms fears that Iran has harbored for weeks or months.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

What was so broken that I harbored such overwhelming envy?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Grace had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband but was sidelined by Mnangagwa's supporters.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Both pets and feral barn cats got sick after eating raw pet food that harbored the virus.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

For more than one year, Bert lived as a U-boat, as Jewish fugitives were called, harbored among kind and not-so-kind Germans and living in bombed-out buildings.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti