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  • past tense form of spin.
  • past participle of spin.
Definitions

spun

[spuhn] / spʌn /
ADJECTIVE
netted
Synonyms


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Both spun, Piastri into the barriers and retirement and Norris down from fifth place to eighth.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"It spun from our treatment, and not being treated like human beings."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“We put ourselves in position to win,” he spun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Amodei became an adviser to GiveWell and, later, a scientific adviser to the philanthropy it spun off with the fortune of Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and his wife, which was then called Open Philanthropy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Sadako could still taste the spun cotton candy.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr




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