went out
Example Sentences
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When the slick became too deep, the fire whirls went out before consuming all of the fuel.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Fifa has also approved the use of technology which can determine if the ball went out of play before a goal was scored.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
After the game, they all went out for barbecue.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Exactly this happened during the dot-com bubble and was repeated in the postpandemic bubble in unprofitable tech stocks, when steady dividend stocks went out of fashion, before catching up by the end of 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“It’s an old airline—probably none of you have heard of it, because it went out of business about ten years ago,” Angela said.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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