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knew

American  
[noo, nyoo] / nu, nyu /

verb

  1. simple past tense of know.

knew British  
/ njuː /

verb

  1. the past tense of know

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"Obviously I knew I had a huge hole in the back of my leg," he said.

From BBC

"What caused my stroke was really high blood pressure. I never knew I was living with such high blood pressure."

From BBC

Like Malka, most residents of the neighbourhood knew someone inside the public shelter.

From Barron's

"At least in the car park, I knew that there was CCTV, it was floodlit, and they had security, and that was a bonus."

From BBC

He said he was friendly with Epstein but never knew about his crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal

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