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brought down

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past tense of bring down

as in shot down

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Two weeks after that, Romanian F-16s scrambled to intercept three Russian drones over Romanian airspace, and a Spanish jet shot down a fourth near the Moldovan border.

— Julianne Smith, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026
From her first appearance until her plane is shot down in January 1944, Sanjak is an agent of chaos.

— Gaby Iori October 7, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

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On Keller’s next possession, Pearce Martinson picked off an Indian pass in the end zone that started an 11-play, 80-yard drive that was capped with a 1-yard TD pass from Odom to Hill that upped the lead to 35-21.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026
After the Seahawks picked off Herbert on the first play from scrimmage, the Chargers returned the favor on Seattle’s first play, intercepting a Sam Darnold pass.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Like Texas, Wisconsin has passed bipartisan tax breaks to entice companies to do business there and were losing out on revenue when the profits blew away their projections.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026

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