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did

American  
[did] / dɪd /

verb

  1. simple past tense of do.

did British  
/ dɪd /

verb

  1. the past tense of do 1

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They were not council posts and the services and projects mentioned did not exist.

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"We did not expect the beetles to be able to convert the spruce's defenses into more toxic derivatives in such a targeted way," said lead author Ruo Sun from the Department of Biochemistry.

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Even though their bodies were working harder, their sense of effort did not increase.

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While she did eventually have surgery, she said it wasn't successful and she has been back on the waiting list for almost two years.

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