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flew

American  
[floo] / flu /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of fly.

flew 1 British  
/ fluː /

verb

  1. the past tense of fly 1

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flew 2 British  
/ fluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of flue 3

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He flew to Atlanta to meet the melodic rapper in hopes he’d be down to experiment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The passengers flew into Manchester Airport on a chartered flight from Tenerife and were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in Wirral, Merseyside, to isolate for 72 hours.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He flew to Johannesburg to then make his way home to Turkey a few days later.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

At least two passengers, including one who later tested positive, reportedly disembarked from the ship in late April and flew home.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The question flew out of me without warning.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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