dun
Example Sentences
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But developers won’t know it until state officials dun them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
One of this crew, no surprise, ends up dead before the night is over, and an unusually somber Poirot must figure out whodunit, before he himself gets dun.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023
So you neither had to put his name on the card nor should you dun him for a contribution of his own, unless he is so moved.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
At the Elko Convention Center, a painted tarp frames the stage: a cloudless blue sky and the dun prow of a mesa jutting skyward.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2019
Jumper was a dun mule with a narrow black stripe running along his backbone between his mane and tail.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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