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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ail .
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Examples
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He wondered what had "ailed" the Indian woman, that she should die so suddenly; but it was immaterial, since she
'Me--Smith' Caroline Lockhart 1916
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Roosevelt considered me something of a Populist, (as I was), and I well remember a dinner in Senator Lodge's house where he and Henry Adams heckled me for an hour or more in order to obtain a statement of what I thought "ailed" Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota.
A Daughter of the Middle Border Hamlin Garland 1900
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M'Swat's) fault that I "ailed" from overwork, as I had never complained and always seemed well.
My Brilliant Career Miles Franklin 1916
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If the underlying causes of his rise were in any way a reflection of what ailed the Weimar Republic, that would be bad news indeed -- not just for the United States, but also the world as a whole.
Stephan Richter: The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart Stephan Richter 2010
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If the underlying causes of his rise were in any way a reflection of what ailed the Weimar Republic, that would be bad news indeed.
Stephan Richter: The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart Stephan Richter 2010
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Fairly or not, Beltran became the embodiment of whatever ailed the Mets in any given year.
Beltran on the Verge of a Giant Step Brian Costa 2011
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If the underlying causes of his rise were in any way a reflection of what ailed the Weimar Republic, that would be bad news indeed -- not just for the United States, but also the world as a whole.
Stephan Richter: The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart Stephan Richter 2010
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Over the years I've been to a number of energy therapists who've used methods ranging from their hands to acupuncture needles to tuning forks to cure whatever's ailed me and it usually did.
Meryl Davids Landau: Energy Healed Me -- Over the Phone! A Scientist Explains How Meryl Davids Landau 2011
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If the underlying causes of his rise were in any way a reflection of what ailed the Weimar Republic, that would be bad news indeed.
Stephan Richter: The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart Stephan Richter 2010
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If the underlying causes of his rise were in any way a reflection of what ailed the Weimar Republic, that would be bad news indeed -- not just for the United States, but also the world as a whole.
Stephan Richter: The Weimar Republic and the Ominous Rise of Jon Stewart Stephan Richter 2010
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