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paid (for)

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past tense of pay (for)

as in sprang (for)

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expended

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What goes up … But by the midterm year of 1966, much of the energy from LBJ's landslide election in 1964 had been expended — and much more had been siphoned off by his escalation of the war in Vietnam.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Vast quantities of exquisite and expensive American munitions have been expended on wars, even as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid absorb over 60 percent of federal revenue.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

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