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  • past participle of drive.
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driven

[driv-uhn] / ˈdrɪv ən /


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At the very least, I would suggest that the Manchester City scandal, which has driven the already-overheated British media to new heights of hysteria, isn’t really about soccer or sports.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The Range Rover, driven by a 16-year-old boy, struck Uchimiya’s car around 6:50 a.m., said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

To this day I can’t shake a three-sentence description of birds driven onto cholla thorns by the winds of a thunderstorm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"While it's still mainly driven by energy prices, broader inflationary pressures are mounting as energy prices are expected to stay elevated."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

He was the problem, the distraction that had driven her to this.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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