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wrote

American  
[roht] / roʊt /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of write.


wrote British  
/ rəʊt /

verb

  1. the past tense of write

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"But we talked for four hours and that night we wrote Back To Black and that changed my life forever."

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The UK "is under siege", wrote one user.

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"Authorities confirm that a drone was intercepted and debris caused a minor fire on the Burj Al Arab's outer facade," the Dubai Media Office wrote on X.

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Tracy said he was thrilled that the Greek director took up the project, which he wrote about 18 months before Lanthimos was attached.

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But Abel wrote that Weschler would manage 6% of the investments, including a part of what Combs had run—not much changed from what he ran before.

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