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as in proceeded
to move forward along a course
everything is going according to our plans
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as in moved
to leave a place often for another
will go on vacation at the end of the year decided it would be better to go before she got any angrier
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as in corresponded
to be in agreement on every point
your account of how the fire started doesn't go with what she said
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as in became
to eventually have as a state or quality
she goes crazy on the dance floor when they start playing 1980s pop the room went dark
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as in collapsed
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
watched the building go after the demolition crew detonated the charges
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as in belonged
to have or be in a usual or proper place
these plates go in this cabinet
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as in faded
to lose bodily strength or vigor
when you get old, your eyesight starts to go
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as in followed
to make one's way through, across, or over
I went the length of the street before finding an empty parking space
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as in put
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event
to play in this game of poker, you have to be willing to go at least five dollars per round
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as in planned
chiefly Southern & Midland
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I didn't go to fire the gun—it just went off
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as in stopped
to come to an end
we were having so much fun that the evening just came and went
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as in afforded
to have enough money for
I think I can go for the new car after all
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as in took
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I can't go the smell of that rotting food for one more minute
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as in died
to stop living
her grandmother went peacefully last night
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as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired
we tried very hard to get the food cooperative to go, but it never really worked out
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Recent Examples of went
Hoerner went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs, extending his on-base streak to 11 games.
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CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Monroe went from notable to notorious when, in 1952, journalist Aline Mosby first reported that a pinup calendar—featuring a ravishing blonde nude spread across red velvet—was in fact a photograph of the burgeoning star.
—Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
In the most daunting week of their schedule, the Nuggets went 2-2, playing four games in four cities against four Western Conference playoff teams.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
Both the fake doctors on social media and the FDA warning went unmentioned in the NYT piece.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
No one captures this arc better than Bob Iger’s Disney, which went from suing a GenAI company to putting $1 billion in Altman’s pocket.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Abdul Rad, senior adviser for public safety to Fuleihan, also went.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The killing went unsolved for decades until investigators linked Carey's DNA to samples collected from a tank top, the district attorney’s office said.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
The Masters went viral well before its first tee time on Thursday, as patrons — aka spectators — arrived at the Georgia golf tournament to concession prices seemingly straight out of the days of yore.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
Monroe went from notable to notorious when, in 1952, journalist Aline Mosby first reported that a pinup calendar—featuring a ravishing blonde nude spread across red velvet—was in fact a photograph of the burgeoning star.
—Joshua John Miller, Vanity Fair, 9 Apr. 2026
In the most daunting week of their schedule, the Nuggets went 2-2, playing four games in four cities against four Western Conference playoff teams.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
Both the fake doctors on social media and the FDA warning went unmentioned in the NYT piece.
—Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026
No one captures this arc better than Bob Iger’s Disney, which went from suing a GenAI company to putting $1 billion in Altman’s pocket.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
Abdul Rad, senior adviser for public safety to Fuleihan, also went.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
The killing went unsolved for decades until investigators linked Carey's DNA to samples collected from a tank top, the district attorney’s office said.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
The Masters went viral well before its first tee time on Thursday, as patrons — aka spectators — arrived at the Georgia golf tournament to concession prices seemingly straight out of the days of yore.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went
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But for Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden, the second night of a back-to-back set, the Capitals had to turn to Lindgren — and proceeded to hang him out to dry.—
Bailey Johnson,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Officers proceeded to search the surrounding area, with help from members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Hope Town fire officials.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm struggled to make the cut — DeChambeau didn’t, Rahm did — but Englishman Tyrrell Hatton of Legion XIII shot a 6-under-par 66 and moved into contention to win his first major championship.—
Stan Awtrey,
AJC.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Consider what has befallen them in the 11 centuries since Hungarian tribes moved into the Carpathian Basin, in 896.—
Isaac Stanley-Becker,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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What sufficed for drama down the stretch was whether May’s team would join Jerry Tarkanian’s 1990 UNLV juggernaut as only the second team to hit triple digits at the Final Four in the modern era.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Whether Epstein ever corresponded with the prince about Yemen is not known.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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This rise corresponded with a nearly equal uptick in hospitalizations linked to kratom alone, from 43 admissions in 2015 to 538 in 2025.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Scottie Barnes led the Raptors with 25 points, with Brandon Ingram adding 23.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2026
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An alliance of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia had initiated a de facto blockade claiming that Qatar was funding terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State — an allegation the country steadfastly denied.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Hall praised the department’s efforts this year under the leadership of Wayne Jones, who became the city’s first Black police chief in 2023.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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As the operation collapsed, the messages show the men scrambling for protection and escape routes.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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In August 2021, as Kabul collapsed and Afghans crowded the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin — then a Republican member of Congress from Oklahoma — tried to travel to Afghanistan.—
Peter Lucier,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Then there was the question of whether dogs belonged in the city at all.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
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The frontier myth—and its core belief that the West belonged only to white Americans—had become a national ideology by the 1880s and ’90s, ushering in an age of oppression and migration restriction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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