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Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Improving data, tools, and consistency in the initial assessments would reduce errors and bring down the number of appeals.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
What the market wants Project Freedom falls well short of a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz – a long process that oil analysts believe will be required to start to get the oil sufficiently flowing through the Middle East again to bring down prices significantly.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Nothing is new under the Sun For anyone familiar with the history of helicopter warfare, the ability of FPV drones to bring down a helicopter is not exactly unexpected.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Providing universal health care to undocumented immigrants will bring down health care costs in our state by preventing people from seeking out basic care in emergency rooms, which is much more costly.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Improving data, tools, and consistency in the initial assessments would reduce errors and bring down the number of appeals.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
What the market wants Project Freedom falls well short of a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz – a long process that oil analysts believe will be required to start to get the oil sufficiently flowing through the Middle East again to bring down prices significantly.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Nothing is new under the Sun For anyone familiar with the history of helicopter warfare, the ability of FPV drones to bring down a helicopter is not exactly unexpected.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringdown
Noun
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Teams are at the center of the action when competing against another, complete with the celebrations and disappointments that are the hallmarks of any game show.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Fitzgerald said there’s no lingering disappointment following last weekend’s three losses, just excitement as his team attempts to claim the league title ahead of the postseason Big 12 tourney and NCAAs.—
Gary Bedore
May 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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Air defenses shot down or jammed 693 Russian targets overnight, including 41 missiles and 652 drones of various types nationwide, the air force said.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Getty Images Zelenskyy said 94% of drones were intercepted, but only 73% of the missiles were shot down, and cited the need to improve in that regard.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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For the second game in a row, the Lakers led at halftime and then got blown away in the second half.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Pichai was particularly blown away when DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGo played a brilliant, novel move in the strategy board game Go against champion Lee Sedol in 2016, revealing that AI could think creatively and beyond mere mimicry.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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In López’s city of Tocoa, environmental defenders fighting the mining project have been getting picked off for years and eight activists were imprisoned for more than two years in what lawyers said was retaliation for their work.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Though why, readers might ask, would other teams be rushing to pick off players from a club experiencing one of the worst seasons in Premier League history?—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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At the county, a coalition of labor unions and nonprofits are gunning for a $360 million sales tax hike to plug holes in the county’s budget.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Cobb Vanth The old-fashioned cowboy wore Boba Fett's armor and weapons as the marshal of Mos Pelgo on Tatooine and was an loyal ally of the Mando – until Cad Bane gunned him down in cold blood.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringdown. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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