How to Use in aid of in a Sentence

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  • Praying the name of Augustus in aid of a cause was in many ways the fashionable thing to do.
    — Iain Murray, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Jones is charged with murder in aid of racketeering in the killings of both Butler and Garcia.
    — oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The constant learning is in aid of serving his audience, Cruise said.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2022
  • The government can request credit from banks and put to work any citizen between the ages of 18 and 60 in aid of the emergency.
    — Rory Jones, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The mother-of-one is no stranger to the tent and previously appeared as a baker in 2020 for the show's celebrity special in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • He was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder in aid of racketeering.
    — Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 2 July 2022
  • The watch was intended to be a prize at a charity auction Thursday in aid of the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative, the source said.
    — Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This all in aid of a vain and surely doomed attempt to cling to power, after the markets concluded that her policies were insane.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The Biden administration is asking Congress for nearly $14 billion more in aid of the war effort.
    — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Russell pointed out that there's a difference between knowing and doing, in aid of speaking to our need to move cautiously.
    — John Werner, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • After pleading guilty to traveling across state lines in aid of racketeering, Magomedgadzhiev spent two years in federal prison.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • The conviction for murder in aid of racketeering carries a mandatory life sentence for both men.
    — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
  • What’s the responsible way to use military intelligence in aid of an ally?
    — Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2022
  • Soto-Ramirez additionally has been charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and two counts of firearm possession used in a crime.
    — Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • Chambers and Browner were also indicted on charges of violent crime in aid of racketeering-murder and use of a firearm resulting in death, Hodges said.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 16 June 2022
  • That has not stopped federal prosecutors from charging Martinez with Rios’ killing — this time as a murder in aid of racketeering.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • Saipov faces eight capital counts of murder in aid of racketeering activity that could result in the death penalty if he’s convicted.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Jacome and Flores-Reyes were found guilty of murder in aid of racketeering and extortion conspiracy.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • On May 7, the members pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to murder in aid of racketeering.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • They were all accused of committing murder in aid of racketeering as well as various firearms offenses.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The conspiracy to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering carries a maximum potential penalty of three years in prison.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
  • Dencklau and Erickson face separate charges of kidnapping and murder in aid of racketeering in connection with the violent death of an ex-member.
    — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2021
  • If for no other reason than our own repurposing of matter, here on Earth, has become ever more vivid and fraught, and therefore critical to appreciate and modify in aid of long-term survival.
    — Caleb A. Scharf, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The 12-person jury found the defendants guilty on every charge against them, ranging from murder to kidnapping resulting in death to conspiracy in aid of racketeering.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022
  • Four people were charged with murdering Arroyos in aid of the Florencia 13 gang, according to federal prosecutors.
    — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Each face charges of racketeering conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering.
    — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Advertisement Ramirez, 47, and two others have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, extortion and violent crimes in aid of racketeering.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • In 1990, he was convicted of kidnapping a federal agent, aiding and abetting, violent crimes in aid of racketeering aiding and abetting and accessory after the fact.
    — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • They are charged with violent crime in aid of racketeering, which carries a potential death penalty and a minimum sentence of life in federal prison without the possibility of parole.
    — Mallika Kallingal and Jenn Selva, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Edwin Martinez has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit racketeering and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021

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