as in to get down
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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While stopping to take a photo, Van Camp surprised Jenkins by getting down on one knee on the 1,200-foot-long bridge and asking her to marry him.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Salvation Army When the temperatures get down to 32 degrees or below, the Salvation Army Center of Hope provides shelter for up to 34 women and children.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Jan. 2026
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The index was weighed down by losses for Microsoft and Tesla.—
Damian J. Troise,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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The last panel, Haul, 2024, shows a canoe weighed down by commodities returning to shore.—
James Meyer,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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Such subsidies drive up demand, and therefore costs, while also burdening taxpayers.—
Judge Glock,
Washington Post,
9 Jan. 2026
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Both left office humbled, burdened with lousy poll numbers and facing a well of deep voter discontent.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Merchants are seeing this wobbly job market help to depress consumer confidence.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
6 Nov. 2025
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This sounds like depressing stuff, and Mothertongue is not extremely upbeat.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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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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Punk music and its spirit clearly worried the Soviet rulers.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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For voters worried about health-insurance coverage or the future of research in the United States, scientists, health-care workers, and public-health experts may have particular appeal right now, Shields told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Still, whatever validity there is to his pain, Peter becomes a high priest of hallucination and Coon’s tortured Agnes his disciple.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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In Chechnya, a region in southern Russia with a predominantly Muslim population, authorities launched an open hunt for gay men—police rounded them up and tortured many of them, with some being killed.—
Mikhail Zygar,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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Saraswathi Vedam is saddened by the latest delay, but said her brother remains patient.—
Maryclaire Dale,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Lue was saddened to learn his good friend, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, was arrested and charged by federal authorities with money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Bum (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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