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gave

American  
[geyv] / geɪv /

verb

  1. simple past tense of give.

gave British  
/ ɡeɪv /

verb

  1. the past tense of give

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Their parents' comments come days after former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson revealed her twins, she gave birth to prematurely last May, have SMA, and will "probably never walk".

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Last year MI5 was forced to apologise after it gave false evidence to three courts in a neo-Nazi spy and is currently under investigation by its regulator.

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See: ‘I have definite issues with their math skills’: Social Security gave me too much survivor benefit.

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"The poor man who gave his life to try and save them," said Joanne.

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On Monday, after the Cusacks' lawyers reaffirmed their wish for the redactions to be reassessed, coroner Sophie Cartwright gave Sheffield United seven days to make any submissions on the matter.

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