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weren't

[ wurnt, wur-uhnt ]

  1. contraction of were not: Weren't you surprised?


weren't

/ ɜːԳ /

contraction of

  1. were not
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"They weren't deported. We don't deport US citizens. Their parents made that decision, not the United States government," he said.

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Exeter weren't just outsmarted by Gloucester's tiki-taka offloading game - something that will happen to better teams than them on a sunny day and the hosts' artificial pitch - they were also ground to dust up front.

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“It really has been seen across demographic groups,” Kiley said, “but one key difference is that his approval rating has declined a little more sharply among people who voted for him but weren’t strong supporters.”

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The Lakers’ desperation was perhaps best represented by Redick’s second-half substitutions: There weren’t any.

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They weren’t as careful in the second quarter, however.

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