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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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However, JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth wrote on Thursday that both companies showed strong growth in cloud backlog, which justified the spend.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“The fact that you cannot come out of hunting feeling unambiguously good about it,” Mr. Pollan once wrote in an essay, “is perhaps what should commend the practice” to meat eaters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Paul wrote a song around that, and so he sort of had to ask me to sing on it, didn’t he?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The mum said she then wrote a petition asking Shein to remove "inappropriate children's clothing" from its website.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Dad shouts the words I wrote in all-caps and underlined three times for emphasis, then bursts into tears.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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