brung
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Mr. Biden took a trip to Milwaukee on Wednesday to speak to the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, where he told them, “You brung me to the dance.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Mr. Biden told the crowd, “We have an expression where I come from: You never forget those who brung you to the dance.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020
I also have a little bit of the “dance with the one that brung ya.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2016
No, it wasn’t “Newt Scamander only went to New York to find a Pulkmahjkk”, or “I brung bick Harry. U gladd. Me go wurcke now. No speak.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2014
It brung back memories of them times when I was a baby and sleeping would sometimes jus’ come up real sneaky and quick and ease all the wakefulness clean outta me.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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