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went

1 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. simple past tense of go.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of go.

went 2 American  
[went] / wɛnt /

verb

  1. Archaic. a simple past tense and past participle of wend.

went British  
/ wɛnt /

verb

  1. the past tense of go 1

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Police have confirmed that human remains found in a Tasmanian rainforest are most likely those of a Belgian backpacker who went missing in 2023 after going for a hike.

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Almost immediately it went from silence to all my fences being taken down.

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In a post on X that went viral — with 7.1 million views as of Thursday afternoon — Tampa International Airport announced that “It’s time to ban pajamas.”

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In a post on X that went viral — with 7.1 million views as of Thursday afternoon — Tampa International Airport announced that “It’s time to ban pajamas.”

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In my five years as bishop of Joliet, our diocese went through a restructuring that required parish mergers and hard decisions.

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