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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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He said he did not attempt to extort from union officials, or assault or threaten female labor leaders.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

When they did all that, the only thing left to do was solve one of the fiendishly difficult Millennium Prize Problems.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

In fact, perhaps the biggest issue for Wolverine is that it doesn't reinvent the wheel like Spider-Man did.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

However, FDA officials said the false positive did not change the course of the outbreak investigation, “or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the ... voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

I look at Aunt J, silently pleading with her to tell me that I didn’t do what I think I did.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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