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flew

American  
[floo] / flu /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of fly.


flew 1 British  
/ fluː /

verb

  1. the past tense of fly 1

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flew 2 British  
/ fluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of flue 3

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It sponsored conferences for financial advisers of Morgan Stanley, UBS and others, and recently flew investment advisers to Chicago, putting them up at The Langham hotel with dinner at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal

The prosecution argued that Thomas P was "the responsible guide for the tour", failed to call for help in time, and didn't send any distress signals when a police helicopter flew overhead.

From BBC

While the strike was under way, two local officials flew to Southern California.

From The Wall Street Journal

She recently flew back to the UK from a series of festival shows in Australia.

From BBC

An investigation was launched in December after drones flew over the Île Longue naval base, which is home to France's nuclear ballistic submarines off the Breton town of Brest.

From BBC