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Were appears in the word werewolf. What was the original meaning of this instance of were?

were

[wur, wer, wair] / wɜr, wər, wɛər /




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“People started to worry that the debt markets were telling you something — that you can’t fund AI this way,” said Ayako Yoshioka, senior investment strategist at Wealth Enhancement, a large independent RIA.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted earnings were $3.48 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Leading the rally were some of the names that were hit hardest by earlier interest-rate and macroeconomic fears.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Many of the accused were widows, including Mary Becket, who had received aid for more than a decade before she was pressured into a confession and imprisoned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Oh, I’m sure they were plenty scared, Lala. But they did what had to be done because the movement was bigger than their fears.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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