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as in proceeded
to move forward along a course everything is going according to our plans
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as in moved
to leave a place often for another will go on vacation at the end of the year decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said
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as in became
to eventually have as a state or quality she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark
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as in collapsed
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges
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as in belonged
to have or be in a usual or proper place these plates go in this cabinet
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor when you get old, your eyesight starts to go
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as in followed
to make one's way through, across, or over I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space
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as in put
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round
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as in planned
chiefly Southern & Midland to have in mind as a purpose or goal I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off
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as in stopped
to come to an end we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went
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as in afforded
to have enough money for I think I can go for the new car after all
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as in took
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute
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as in died
to stop living her grandmother went peacefully last night
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as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out
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Recent Examples of went Last year Payton Tolle’s big league debut was one of the highlights of the season, as the gigantic left-hander with a mustache as big as his personality went toe-to-toe with Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes and struck out eight in a memorable Friday night showdown. —
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 McDaniels hit just one triple as the Wolves went 9 for 34 from beyond the arc, but 64% from the paint. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026 The last time a running back went with the third overall pick was in 2012, when the Browns picked Trent Richardson. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who went first Thursday, to the Raiders, shredded a subpar Bama defense, putting additional heat on Simpson. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Murray went 5-for-17, and for the second time in the series, failed to make a 3. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 Then Oliver went home and told Andrew it was done. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Pereira went 2-for-3 with a walk in the game. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Brent Suter opened the game and went two-plus innings. —Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 McDaniels hit just one triple as the Wolves went 9 for 34 from beyond the arc, but 64% from the paint. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2026 The last time a running back went with the third overall pick was in 2012, when the Browns picked Trent Richardson. —Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who went first Thursday, to the Raiders, shredded a subpar Bama defense, putting additional heat on Simpson. —Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Murray went 5-for-17, and for the second time in the series, failed to make a 3. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026 Then Oliver went home and told Andrew it was done. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Pereira went 2-for-3 with a walk in the game. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Brent Suter opened the game and went two-plus innings. —Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The two then proceeded to beat the crud out of each other.— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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The pair then proceeded to interrogate Kaufman’s unique creative practice through poems that have inspired him.— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2026
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Dach moved to center on a line with Alexandre Texier and Zack Bolduc, with Oliver Kapanen moving up to center a line with Ivan Demidov and Alex Newhook.— Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Uranus has moved into a new part of your chart.— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.— Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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McMahon corresponded with his professors.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Two greats of 17th-century math, Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, corresponded about the problem in a famous series of letters.— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2026
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Theresa Ochoa needed just one save to record the shutout, getting plenty of help from a defense led by Maya Pantoja, Salma Habaibeh and Grace Stachowicz.— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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Hartigan succeeds Jane Carpenter-Rock, who has led SAAM on an interim basis since September 2024, when Stephanie Stebich was removed as director and reassigned to an advisory role at the Smithsonian Institution.— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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On May 29, 1961, Alderson and Chloe Muncy of Paynesville, West Virginia, became the first recipients of food stamps.— Charles Mitchell, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2026
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By 1998, as the family drama deepened, the absence of the mother character became conspicuous.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Bulgaria's previous conservative government collapsed in December after nationwide anti-corruption protests drew hundreds of thousands of mainly young people to the streets.— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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The climax hit, and as every Phish fan knows, nearly collapsed the song before Anastasio brought the chicky-chicky guitar back in.— Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
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Then there was the question of whether dogs belonged in the city at all.— Rachel Sugar, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2026
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The frontier myth—and its core belief that the West belonged only to white Americans—had become a national ideology by the 1880s and ’90s, ushering in an age of oppression and migration restriction.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
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