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dost

American  
[duhst] / dʌst /
Also doest

verb

Archaic.

  1. second person singular present indicative of do.

dost British  
/ dʌst /

verb

  1. archaic a singular form of the present tense (indicative mood) of do 1

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Earlier that day, we sat around a shiny pine table with Ghor's provincial cabinet of turbaned men seated alongside Taliban Governor Ahmad Shah Din Dost.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2022

"It is all lies," Dost Gulzar, a political activist who is leading the protest, told Reuters.

From Reuters • May 17, 2022

And the old war horse Bas Dost, who has been around longer than time itself, is on for Lang.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2021

Scott's use — "Dost thou so soon morse thoughts of slaughter?" — elicited a few theories.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021

“If thy hands are busy, time will pass more quickly. Dost like to whittle?”

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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