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wove

American  
[wohv] / woʊv /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of weave.


wove British  
/ wəʊv /

verb

  1. a past tense of weave

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sometimes Christians merely wove their faith into family life, political and economic analysis, opinions about social issues, explanations of natural disasters, choices about school curricula and attitudes to war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

After just four overs from the quicks, the spinners took centre stage and wove a web around the Sri Lankan batters, much as they had throughout the tour.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

He studied their individual tics and mannerisms to find the things that people across the world might only note subconsciously, and wove them into his caricatures.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025

He wove intricate technical details into his stories, without detracting from the lightning pace of his plots.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

Those ugly memories wove through his thoughts during the first months like bad threads through a carpet.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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