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went

verb as in operate, function

verb as in span, stretch

verb as in elapse

verb as in endure

verb as in change

Strongest match

verb as in proceed

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Those Seattle-area workers, frustrated by years of stagnant real wages and the soaring cost of living, went on strike for nearly eight weeks.

“What we went to in the text was less the text itself and more the thematics that are inherent in the text.”

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The ancestors thankfully wrote down what they ate along with details like which ingredients went into the dishes.”

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However, when she went to bed ill one day and woke up to find Fred in her bed she knew she had to leave.

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But when she went to college, she wasn’t worried about finding a job, and when she found one it came with health insurance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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