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Synonyms for were
wɜr; unstressed wərwere

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  1. List of paraphrases for "were":

    took, 'd, constituted

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  1. Sarah Revell:

    The Florida Department of State has no knowledge or evidence of any successful hacking attempt at the county level during the 2016 elections, upon learning of the new information released in the Mueller report, The Florida Department of State immediately reached out to The FBI to inquire which county may have been accessed, and they declined to share this information with us. The Florida Department of State maintains that the 2016 elections in Florida were not hacked. The Florida Voter Registration System was and remains secure, and official results or vote tallies were not changed.

  2. Matt Moore:

    A number of Cruz supporters, frankly, were involved at this time last year.

  3. Maura Joyce:

    We have formal security on the doors and windows, but we wanted to add this for cheap, price and the fact that the system automatically alerts you when something happens were the two main reasons we decided to move in this direction.

  4. Khalid Khan:

    One of my teachers was crying, she was shot in the hand and she was crying in pain, one terrorist then walked up to her and started shooting her until she stopped making any sound. All around me my friends were lying injured and dead.

  5. Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa:

    The president has led the way, he has cleared up here and there himself, rather than the government. So I hope that the ministers will follow. If I were the president, I'd command them to.


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