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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
captain .
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Examples
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Rankin captained the team in '96 and' 98, winning in Wales by six points and in Ohio by four.
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TV commentator Judy Rankin captained the team in '96 and' 98, winning in Wales by six points, and in Ohio by four.
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"I get 'captained' almost enough aboard the schooner and up to Boston.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917
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Ask in any pub quiz “who captained the Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek?” and every team will score a point from scribbling ‘Captain Kirk.’
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She has fled on a ship filled with escaped slaves and captained by a renegade pirate.
Query: New and Improved! Now With Notes! Ulysses 2010
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In 1833, in his second year of employment with the American Fur Company, he was on board the Yellowstone captained by Andrew Bennett.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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"A ship filled with escaped slaves and captained by a renegade pirate."
Query: New and Improved! Now With Notes! Ulysses 2010
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Tindall -- who Phillips met in 2003 in Australia during England's triumphant Rugby World Cup campaign -- is a leading rugby player who has captained his country.
Zara Phillips <![CDATA[&]]> Mike Tindall Married In U.K. Royal Wedding (PHOTOS) 2011
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She has fled on a ship filled with escaped slaves and captained by a renegade pirate.
Archive 2010-01-01 Ulysses 2010
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"A ship filled with escaped slaves and captained by a renegade pirate."
Archive 2010-01-01 Ulysses 2010
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