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brought down

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past tense of bring down

as in shot down

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Many of the drones have been shot down, but not all, and the ballistic missiles have largely gotten through, destroying buildings and killing civilians; so far, roughly 100 have died.

— Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Ukraine said that its air defenses shot down two ballistic missiles overnight, which suggested that Kyiv had recently received some more Patriots.

— Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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One play later, UCF linebacker Tackett Curtis stepped up, picked off a Brown pass and returned it 38 yards.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Throwing into traffic, he was picked off by Ja’Keem Jackson, giving LSU the ball at Ole Miss’ 33-yard line.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 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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