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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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But the United States has expended much of its stockpile of precision munitions and suffered substantial damage to its regional bases.

— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
Specific inventory numbers are classified, but CSIS estimates that about 65% of Patriot interceptors were expended between February and July, with less than 850 left on hand, down from 2,330 before the Iran war began.

— James Powel, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026

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