was

[wuhz, woz, wuhz] / wʌz, wɒz, wəz /

VERB

exist

Synonyms

STRONG

abide act breathe continue do endure hold inhabit last live move obtain persist prevail remain rest stand stay subsist survive

WEAK

be alive go on have being have place

Antonyms

STRONG

cease depart die discontinue forsake give up go halt idle leave lose pass quit refuse reject stop

VERB

happen

Synonyms

STRONG

befall occur transpire

WEAK

come about come to pass take place

Example Sentences

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“The damage from the fire in our substation was significant and extensive and the repairs and safe restoration will be complex,” PG&E posted Sunday morning on X. “We have mobilized additional engineers and electricians.”

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps the most famous of these was Brad Pitt’s pop-up on “Friends,” as the adult version of a high school classmate who used to hate Rachel Green, played by then-wife Jennifer Aniston.

From Salon

Archaeologists uncovered the find when work was being carried out ahead of a development.

From BBC

Surrey Police said the driver of the Tesla was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

From BBC

The company sends a kit of plastic ring sizers, and he briefly brainstormed how he might sneak them on his wife’s finger while she was sleeping.

From The Wall Street Journal