- past tense form of write.
wrote
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"We have an urgent request for everyone to take action tonight," Takaichi wrote on X.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“The Department did not disregard these complaints,” Sibal-von Debschitz wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The little-known Swiss producer was ready to spend $45 million of his own money on “Fortitude,” a World War II thriller he wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Revenue and capital expenditures were “better than expected,” Pivotal analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak wrote in a note following the earnings call.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I wrote this about you. About us. The stuff at the end isn’t right yet—you can ignore the last few paragraphs. But . . . here.”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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