as in fell
to undergo defeat
quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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Recent Examples of bowed out
Indeed, Greenberg quickly bowed out of the arrangement.
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David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Two external masonry walls showed signs of stress and fatigue and are bowed out, Poplar said, so the area was cordoned off as a collapse zone.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Of the eight members Kennedy appointed, one has bowed out, and at least three have anti-vaccine views.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Saves from either keeper in succession added to the drama, so Eliana Stábile’s miss proved decisive as Argentina bowed out.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The memoir will recount her brief campaign after then-President Joe Biden bowed out of the race just months before the election.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2025
David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
Two external masonry walls showed signs of stress and fatigue and are bowed out, Poplar said, so the area was cordoned off as a collapse zone.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Of the eight members Kennedy appointed, one has bowed out, and at least three have anti-vaccine views.
—Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025
Saves from either keeper in succession added to the drama, so Eliana Stábile’s miss proved decisive as Argentina bowed out.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The memoir will recount her brief campaign after then-President Joe Biden bowed out of the race just months before the election.
—Jocelyn Shek, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowed out
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Presumably, this is because those players lost their ‘development’ period — their early teenage years — to the war.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Eastern Washington lost its opening game last week and has not had a winning season since 2021.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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Hopes of a rail revolution that three years ago was poised to transform connectivity between major cities seem to have faltered.—
Ben Jones,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The New England Patriots faltered in the second half to start the Mike Vrabel era with a 20-13 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Gillette Stadium.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Bowed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowed%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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