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How to use the word leaned in a Sentence?

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United States have really leaned in to trying to provide everything the policy makers deem essential to get to the Ukrainians. And United States have taken some risk to United States own readiness -- not an unacceptable level of risk at all, but I think United States will continue to do United States.

Christine Wormuth

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Once again, Hines is gon na be wrong on this, when you talk about championships, and we can go back to last year’s Super Bowl. An when you talk about the Bucs, who was the star of that game ? Was it not Leonard Fournette ? Was it not ‘ Playoff Lenny ’ that game that the Bucs leaned on to win that one ? I think he was.

Terrell Davis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I started picking up hands-on things such as real estate and carpentry and painting. I started falling in love with those things, my mom been in real estate for a minute and I somewhat leaned on her and I watched her. And I would start thinking how can I provide generational wealth for my family and for myself?

Devin Howard

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The reason we got the American Rescue plan done is because the President leaned in. The longer we let things sit around, the more time we give to opposition, the more time we give to people who just want to delay because they don't want to get anything done.

Pramila Jayapal

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Detroit Mercys last win over a Top 10 team on the road was in 1979 at Marquette when the Titans had future NBA players, including Earl Cureton and the late Terry Duerod. Gabe Brown scored 16 points and Joey Hauser added 10 points for the Spartans, who leaned on Watts in the second half as he scored 12 points and had all four of his assists without a turnover. He was dynamite, scoring and getting guys open shots.

Aaron Henry

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We argued strongly with the President that he not withdraw those guidelines after 15 days but that he extend them, and he did listen, dr. Debbie Birx and I went into together in the Oval Office and leaned over the desk and said, here are the data, take a look. He looked at them, he understood them, and he just shook his head and said, 'I guess we've got to do it.'.

Anthony Fauci

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The good news is that states like Washington, like California, countries like Italy, when White House experts leaned into aggressive mitigation, White House experts're being able to flatten White House experts curve, the governors get to make the decisions, but we're going to give them the best possible guidance we can and that's to stay at home and social distance.

Jerome Adams

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Dr. Debbie Birx and I went in together in the Oval Office and leaned over the desk and said, 'Here are the data. Take a look,' he looked at them and he just shook his head and said, 'I guess we got to do it.'.

Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

What is happening( at the end) there is an aide has stopped the interview, said,' We're done, thank you,' and you heard me thank the secretary, he did not reply -- he leaned in, glared at me, and then turned and with his aides left the room.

Mary Louise Kelly

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Tyler Gwozdz was a brother to me. I leaned on him and shared some things I would never share with anyone and he was always positive and hopeful about everything, it didn't matter how down I was. Just talking to him would cheer me up.

Deiontrez Mount

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I felt him get closer, he leaned in and he was, like,right behind me on my body, and he leaned down, smells my hair, and then plants this big, long kiss on the top of my head.

Lucy Flores

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

He got two bullets in front of me. I saw it. The whole burst then came to us, i pushed down my wife and leaned myself on her.

Amir Daud for prayers

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We got over the Manhattan Bridge into the city. We were sitting on opposite sides of the back seat. At one point we leaned over and pecked kiss, very fast.

Emma Pichl

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's not that they're being leaned on to provide justifications.

Michael Hayden

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I was in a parking lot going to a fitness class with my infant daughter and a guy walked up on me and said to me, ‘Leave Trump alone. Forget the story,’ and he leaned round and looked at my daughter and said, ‘That’s a beautiful little girl. It would be a shame if something happened to her mom.’.

Stormy Daniels

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We have never had Chinese support for sanctions like we’re getting now, russia’s a slightly different issue, but the Chinese have leaned in hard on the North Koreans.

Rex Tillerson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We were out on the glacier and a blizzard blew in. It started to get pretty hairy, he [ the guide ] would always say, ‘ Are you touching the [ mobile ] in front ? ’ I leaned forward to touch the [ snowmobile ] in front to have a look, and as I came back, my glove accidentally hit the off button. THE SECRET HISTORY OF ELLIS ISLAND.

David Wilson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I leaned out the window and shouted 'we are still here'.

Darryl Smith

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I have always leaned left, admired Scandinavian countries, voted for Smer in last election - but I won't support them this time, fico's welfare packages are pure populism, but he hasn't delivered on his promises to make real change.

Bohuslav Ilavsky

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We’ve leaned on them a lot, and asked them many a question.

Jessica Robertson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Divestitures through the DOJ process should be modest and manageable. And we've leaned on the conservative side of the business case that supports this.

Cigna CEO David Cordani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To me it looked real. It was not a toupee, when I approached him, he kind of leaned toward me, put his head toward me, and asked me to touch his hair.

Bruce Bannister

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Things looked kind of plastic and we thought:’What if the characters were made of plastic? What if they were toys?’ and it’s one of the reasons we leaned into making toys the subject of our feature film, ‘Toy Story.’.

John Lasseter

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I leaned over and whispered in his ear, 'Mom has passed, and she's waiting for you in heaven.' I think after that, he knew he had accomplished what he needed, and he felt that he could let go.

Daughter Carol Bradford

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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