was

[wuhz, woz, wuhz] / wʌz, wɒz, wəz /

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exist v.
happen v.

VERB

exist

Synonyms

STRONG

abide act breathe continue do endure hold inhabit last live move obtain persist prevail remain rest stand stay subsist survive

WEAK

be alive go on have being have place

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue forsake give up go halt idle leave lose pass quit refuse reject stop

VERB

happen

Synonyms

STRONG

befall occur transpire

WEAK

come about come to pass take place

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was

“I think about how happy I would be if my whole entire life was inside.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“It was systematic. They entered the depots and stole everything they could,” said Umaima Abdul-Rahman Al-Sanusi, one of the museum’s curators, as her eyes scanned a shattered display case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“There was a kitten on the 5 Freeway.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“I held him as hard as I could, and he went … he just was gone like a flash.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

When Joan of Arc was born in France in 1412, her country had been fighting England for seventy-five years.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly