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brought down

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past tense of bring down

as in shot down

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The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday said its air defenses overnight shot down 604 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
The Houthis eventually agreed not to attack US shipping in the Red Sea but remained very much in place – and in the meantime shot down a number of highly advanced US Reaper drones.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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That play still was seared into their collective memory when Dodgers left-hander Alex Vesia picked off Jake Bauers at first base.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Georgia native Kyle Hamilton picked off the pass for the Ravens, which sealed their victory.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 12 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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