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brought

American  
[brawt] / brɔt /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bring.

brought British  
/ brɔːt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of bring

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  • unbrought adjective

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They will walk out of both emergency and routine care, with senior doctors brought in to provide cover.

From BBC

Opening an annual meeting that brought together representatives from the countries that are part of the ICC, Tomoko Akane said: "Let me be explicit. We never accept any kind of pressure from anyone."

From Barron's

Mozambique and Switzerland brought criminal and civil proceedings, and in 2021 Credit Suisse paid $475 million to settle charges that it defrauded some investors in the debt deals.

From The Wall Street Journal

It wasn’t brought under control until more than 24 hours later.

From The Wall Street Journal

One mom ran a daycare and brought the children with her.

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