proceeded

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The stock then proceeded to close at record highs on May 8, May 12, and May 13.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

As King’s courtship of Coretta proceeded, in late summer 1952 he invited her to Atlanta to meet his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

But Roosevelt was running to reclaim the White House as a third-party candidate when he was shot—and, famously, proceeded to deliver a speech with the bullet still lodged in his chest—in 1912.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

He proceeded to hook his shot low and to the left, a few feet over the heads of some onlookers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Mr. Rochester put the now bloody sponge into my hand, and I proceeded to use it as he had done.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë