as in to get down
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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Indeed, a short video included in the Instagram carousel features Latimer getting down on one knee and popping the question as Cunning broke down in tears.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026 -
All in all, a course of Xofluza might be easier for you—or your kid already queasy from the flu itself—to get down and keep down.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
12 Jan. 2026
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Place an empty pie dish on top of parchment paper to weigh down the piecrust.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Jan. 2026
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Ice could also weigh down trees and power lines, triggering widespread outages.—
Emilie Megnien,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Utilities are burdened with excessive documentation requirements that divert resources away from effective security measures.—
Saman Zonouz,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
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Financing, in particular, remains the most formidable barrier—especially for countries already burdened by high debt.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Patricia Gandara, a UCLA professor and co-director of its Civil Rights Project, previously expressed concern to the Union-Tribune that fear could depress attendance but also said families do put trust in their children’s schools.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Gradually freed of the weight of its ice, the rock beneath Greenland, long depressed by the massive ice sheet, rebounds.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
9 Jan. 2026
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On one of the final days of the semester, Raymundo peered into his Infiniti J30’s engine bay, searching for the issue that had troubled the car.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Alinejad views her mission as exposing the situation in Iran and giving voice to victims, but worries the attempts on her life will create a fear of inviting her to speak.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Lindsay Koshgarian, the program director of the National Priorities Project who has been tracking deployment costs, worries that at some point, these expenses will affect funding for other important military priorities.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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And so even people who were heroes of the nation, they were beaten, tortured, taken for reeducation.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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In 1980, the shah admitted to mistakes, including acknowledging that his regime had tortured Iranians.—
Eric Lob,
The Conversation,
23 Jan. 2026
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We were saddened at the prospect of all that land being developed someday, taking away another patch of wild Florida.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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This is my belief, and I am saddened.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Bum (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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