1
as in to faint
to lose consciousness
after three days without eating, he simply conked out
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2
as in to die
to stop functioning
the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere
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as in to pass (on)
to stop living
a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out
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In July 2023, Kelly fainted while out for dinner with friends in Los Angeles and was taken to the hospital, where doctors found blood clots around her lungs and legs.
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Mollica, then 50, started fainting during heavy periods that lasted nearly two weeks.
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Last year, around 13,000 of a population of 17,000 elephant seal pups died there in just a few months after being exposed.
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Daveigh, best known for playing Samara Morgan in The Ring and voicing Lilo in Lilo & Stitch, died at 35, PEOPLE confirmed on Wednesday, June 17.
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Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of three straight birdies.
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Overall homicides in the United States have fallen for four consecutive years, according to FBI data analyzed by the Washington Post.
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The biggest transaction of his tenure occurred when Shohei Ohtani left the Angels after six seasons for the Dodgers in late 2023, the Angels failing to trade Ohtani for prospects before Ohtani became a free agent.
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Twice already, in November of 2025 and February of this year, the seven states involved in re-negotiating water rights and use along with the 100-year old treaty kicked the can down the road and failed to come to an agreement on water sharing.
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One camper perished in her cabin.
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Not long after completing Dream Me a Dream, Zimmerman and Marie-Claire Lambert, his wife of 55 years and frequent creative partner, perished in a house fire.
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Yeah, right after a guy crashes through the roof is the perfect time to step out for a cigarette.
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That meant fewer shots on target and a lot more fouls with players crashing on the pitch repeatedly.
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Honoring the way Schultz’s weaving developed through intergenerational mentorship and knowledge transfer, the retrospective contains works by four generations of weavers in her family, including her mother, Martha Gorman Schultz, who passed away last year at the age of 93.
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The oldest baby boomers are now in their 80s, and their tight grip on housing will likely loosen in the coming years as more move into assisted living or pass away.
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The group’s feed of an NBA play-in game Tuesday night cut out with less than a minute left in overtime, a high-profile misstep for a company that had successfully changed the narrative on the reliability of sports streaming over the past few years, particularly with its NFL partnership.
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Fire the bankers and cut out the Wall Street middlemen sucking value.
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“Conk (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conk%20%28out%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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