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they'd

[ theyd ]

  1. contraction of they had.
  2. contraction of they would.


they'd

/ ðɪ /

contraction of

  1. they would or they had
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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On social media, Southwest regulars were less than pleased with the new flight bundles, with one user commenting on the airline’s Instagram announcement that they’d “rather have my two free checked bags and open seating.”

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He spoke highly of the tweaks he had made in his offseason training regimen — including, notably, the elimination of heavy balls from his winter throwing program — taking his encouraging early results as a sign they’d “really been working.”

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He said people from every part of the country had come under attack, and while they'd come to Kashmir at his invitation he could not ensure their safe return.

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"Some people told me they'd come to Kashmir for the first time, but will have to pay for their holiday life long," he said, adding that the attack had "hollowed out" Kashmir.

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Each episode begins with them walking arm in arm on a New York street, talking about this or that — what kind of dog they’d be, their first big fashion purchase, what they would eat if they could only choose one thing forever, how London is so cold she can’t feel her face.

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