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  • past tense form of shine.
  • past participle of shine.
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shone

American  
[shohn, shon] / ʃoʊn, ʃɒn /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of shine.


shone British  
/ ʃɒn, ʃəʊn /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of shine

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Shone Surendran managed to get across the official finish line just before they closed it at 19:30 BST, after he was slowed down by five bouts of cramp.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

Tom Shone, writing in The Times of London, said that Nolan’s “magnum opus” was an instant classic.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Shone Robinson, who was incarcerated for 22 years, said at the news conference that paying restitution while incarcerated was “a large hurdle.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Q: The Tom Shone book reveals a lot about your filmmaking and your life.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020

All bright, in April's sun, Shone the day!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

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