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went

[went] / wɛnt /










VERB
proceed
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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He left the gathering and went to sleep, where a mysterious figure appeared to him in a dream and instructed him to sing about Creation.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Alexander, who went into debt to his record label to pay for the staging, called the experience "brutal" and advised future contestants to "get a good therapist".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

She went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music, and made her operatic debut and breakthrough role as a last minute stand-in as the character Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1975.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

While both F. Murray Abraham, who played Salieri, and Tom Hulce, who portrayed Mozart, earned nominations for the 1984 Oscars, Abraham went home with the prize.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

We circled up the steps to Tante Jans’s rooms and Father went to warm up the big table radio.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom



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