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went

verb as in operate, function

verb as in span, stretch

verb as in elapse

verb as in endure

verb as in change

Strongest match

verb as in proceed

Strongest matches

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It’s his youthful appearance combined with his talent as a sophomore quarterback that has Crespi High football fans excited about a revival in a program that went 0-10 just three years ago.

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Starkey hopes the snake ends up like another animal that nearly went extinct but has since rebounded — Hawaii’s state bird, the Nēnē.

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"It's just unfortunate they went around the crescent to Victoria and a couple of them made it to Limehouse - which is a long way."

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Too many biotechs of questionable quality went public during the pandemic, leaving specialist cash tied up in dead-end names.

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Both of Wong’s grandmothers, who were born in the U.S., lost their citizenship when they married male Chinese nationals — the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which went into effect in 1882.

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