- past participle of take.
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“My actions were taken with the best intentions, but ultimately the payment was a mistake,” Shook said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is also seeking damages from DB Cargo UK, claiming that the latter "breached a contractual duty to ensure that reasonable care was taken" in maintaining the wagon.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Officers treated the victim until they could be taken to a hospital with injuries that police said weren’t life-threatening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Much of the previous work has relied on snapshots taken at a single point in time, focused mainly on school-age children, or lacked repeated measurements throughout early childhood.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
He’d taken up residence on the front step and was scanning the road, wondering where everybody was.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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