as in to get down
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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Verb
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When David Raya gets down to claw out Cunha’s clever left-footed effort, a couple of the boys have their heads in their hands.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025 -
Bella Thorne and Mark Emms got engaged in May 2023 Two years later in August 2025, Thorne proposed herself Emms is a producer and bar owner Two years after Emms proposed to Thorne in May 2023, the actress got down on one knee herself in August 2025.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Pickaxe weighed down with regrets of the dead and still alive alike.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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The result is easy to sip mid- or post-workout without feeling weighed down.—
Francesca Krempa,
SELF,
7 Aug. 2025
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As the Western story triumphed on all fronts, it was increasingly burdened with a melancholy nostalgia.—
Paul Andrew Hutton
August 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Aug. 2025
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Anecdotal evidence and the experience of countless Americans across the country strongly suggest that State laws and regulations can significantly burden commerce in other States, raising costs unnecessarily and harming markets nationwide.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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His digital life is just as organized—a fact that never fails to amaze (and slightly depress) me.—
Dan Rockmore,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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The fallout of black swan events like wars and pandemics can trigger higher interest rates, increase inflationary pressures, depress economic growth, erode investor confidence and depreciate the value of money.—
Mitch Salchow,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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While Wolves did not trouble them too much on Saturday, their pre-season game against Palermo and Club World Cup defeat to Al Hilal – in which centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly scored from a corner in extra time – exposed similar frailties.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The market continues to trouble many on Wall Street, however.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
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Several worry about friends and families overseas amid latest peace talks.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The researchers believe this could be the nature of the emotion, where participants who were worried potentially had more deeper, long-term concerns that a stimulant like caffeine may not affect.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Aug. 2025
Verb
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For more than three weeks, Halimi was held hostage and tortured.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Initially, Patricia had been kept blindfolded and tied to a chair in the same house where José was tortured.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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You’ll be engrossed and saddened by the backstory to Jason Kaminsky, the one-time Nottingham Forest prospect who suffered from alcoholism and died in 2005, aged just 31.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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That’s like showing up at SeaWorld and expecting not to get wet or saddened by seeing majestic animals in cages.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Bum (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bum%20%28out%29. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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