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Recent Examples of bring down
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
As such, Adam starts to turn Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten) against each other and secretly plots to bring down the entire family.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2025
Handy’s platform also includes advocating for policies that reduce the cost of living, boosting small business, investing in stronger infrastructure, involving neighborhood associations in decision-making processes and trying to bring down utility costs.
—Sofi Zeman
october 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Expectations that Fed policymakers will announce another rate cut at their meeting next week has helped bring down the 10-year Treasury below 4% of late.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noun
In Agent Cody Banks, Muniz starred as the titular high school student who is secretly a CIA agent, sent to befriend Natalie Conners (Duff), the daughter of a scientist who has invented killer nanobots that threaten to bring down the country.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
As such, Adam starts to turn Jamie Tanner (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten) against each other and secretly plots to bring down the entire family.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2025
Handy’s platform also includes advocating for policies that reduce the cost of living, boosting small business, investing in stronger infrastructure, involving neighborhood associations in decision-making processes and trying to bring down utility costs.
—Sofi Zeman
october 23, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Expectations that Fed policymakers will announce another rate cut at their meeting next week has helped bring down the 10-year Treasury below 4% of late.
—Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bring down
Noun
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When Hulu announced the family's new reality series, The Kardashians, in 2022, Caitlyn expressed her disappointment about not being included.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Philadelphia Phillies suffered a second straight playoff disappointment and some significant change could be coming to the roster.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, Bela Bajaria, Netflix's chief creative officer, made comments to Variety in a story published days earlier that shot down the possibility of such a thing coming together.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Of those, 592 drones and 31 missiles were shot down or otherwise suppressed, the air force said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Classical Academy’s tornadic defense blew away Mountain View in the Class 4A flag football championship game Saturday afternoon.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
26 Oct. 2025
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The results have blown away internet viewers.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The vice president reaffirmed Republicans’ strategy of trying to pick off a handful of Senate Democrats to vote for stopgap funding to reopen the government.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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After Sean Kuraly dumped the puck in deep, Mark Kastelic pressured the Ottawa D and Geekie picked off a bump pass at the blue line.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ford, who stood near Carney during the address to the media, has been gunning for the project’s acceleration.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
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But Netflix is also trying to sign influencers, and telling thousands of prospective partners that the company admires the tech currently gunning for their jobs doesn’t seem likely to play well either.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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