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Recent Examples of bringdown
Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
The result is a self-destructive integration that threatens to bring down the Internet’s greatest monopoly.
—Sunil Sharan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
But neo-Brandeisian dogma is not designed to bring down prices.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Planners are trying to bring down the length of deployments, which have grown steadily.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 23 May 2026
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Verb
Our most refreshing summer drinks are perfect to make in batches and bring down to the beach (with plastic cups, not glass, and bring a trash bag) or stand as the signature cocktail at an outdoor summer party.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
The result is a self-destructive integration that threatens to bring down the Internet’s greatest monopoly.
—Sunil Sharan, Fortune, 27 May 2026
But neo-Brandeisian dogma is not designed to bring down prices.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Planners are trying to bring down the length of deployments, which have grown steadily.
—Steve Walsh, NPR, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringdown
Noun
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The narrative tracks Maurício (Reymond), a retired player striving to establish a new career as an agent in the aggressive football business while managing industry rivalries, family tensions, and the legacy of his past disappointments.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
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One reason the market may have powered higher, according to Cramer, is that investors concluded the latest earnings disappointments were not nearly as severe as initially feared.—
Alexa LoMonaco,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Those breaches do not suggest that X gets a gold star for data privacy, the commenter suggested, while also shooting down X’s claims about its GDPR compliance efforts ensuring consumer protection.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
4 June 2026
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His uncle had been a pilot who was shot down over Hungary and was a prisoner of war until the war ended.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Equipped with a sophisticated suite of instruments, the probe was designed to study the Martian atmosphere to learn more about how it is eroded, or blown away and thinned out by particles in the solar wind.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Upon first impression, we were blown away.—
Praful Saklani,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Defensively, Alvarez caught a Troy runner stealing and picked off another runner.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026
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Harriet died a few years before Leo, and then Leo passed, picking off enemy planes in a brief delirium.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Underscoring the stakes for Louisville residents is the March fatal shooting of a 28-year-old woman named Katelyn Hall, who was experiencing a mental health crisis when police gunned her down in her own apartment.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
2 June 2026
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Although, after the rapid-fire fundraise by Anthropic — a near triple from February, not easy when your prior valuation was already north of $300 billion — things seem pretty shot-gunned.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringdown. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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