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stood

[stood] / stʊd /




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"I don't want to be stood here talking like that. It is, of course, frustrating, but I want to be in that fight. Hopefully, the luck will turn."

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Among all the collected animals, the little octopus immediately stood out.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Next door, an empty lot marks where a beloved playhouse stood before flames destroyed it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“I fortunately escaped without a wound, though the right wing where I stood was exposed to and received all the enemy’s fire,” he wrote after a 1754 skirmish with the French.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But I stood rooted to the spot, knowing that I had seen a mystery.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom



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