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wrote

American  
[roht] / roʊt /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of write.

wrote British  
/ rəʊt /

verb

  1. the past tense of write

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“I stared at the thing in disbelief and then realized that this was exactly what was needed to drive a heart,” Greatbach wrote in his book “The Making of the Pacemaker.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“We expect the cadence of AI-related order wins to accelerate and catalyze shares,” Dorsheimer wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Mirman wrote in the caption accompanying a photo of himself bandaged up and holding a piece of art that reads “Life is an Adventure.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Yet in a post on X, Sam Altman wrote: “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I’ll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“This is something I wrote for school. It’s about a caterpillar.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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