1
as in fainted
to lose consciousness
after three days without eating, he simply conked out
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2
as in died
to stop functioning
the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere
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3
as in fell
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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The Twin Cities hospital has provided care to patients who come in under ICE custody, including those recently who have had head injuries, injuries from being assaulted and those who have fainted, the doctor said.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Last year, Price fainted while appearing at a groundbreaking for the upgrade of the Los Angeles Convention Center, which is located in his district.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Val Kilmer, who died in 2025 at age 65, will appear in the upcoming drama As Deep As the Grave.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The funeral prayer for the 41-year-old Afghan father of six who died Saturday in ICE custody was held Tuesday while more questions arise about why he was picked up and what caused his death less than a day later.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
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In Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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And walked up and down Music Row, knocked on doors, passed out CDs.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors allege Joshua Alvarado, 30, passed out at the wheel of his pickup truck while driving to work and was startled awake by other drivers honking at him.—
Katie Houlis,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Narcan and other lifesaving measures failed to revive her and she was taken to the hospital, where doctors said that she had been deprived of oxygen for six minutes, her husband said in the video filmed at her hospital bedside.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The House failed to pass a measure that would propose amending the Constitution to require the federal government to have a balanced budget, a measure offered by conservatives to address the ever-increasing national debt.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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King collapsed on the field last May and eventually underwent heart surgery.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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On hearing her name, Madigan collapsed into the arms of her husband, actor Ed Harris.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Three airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard's 121st Air Refueling Wing were among six crew members killed on March 12 when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq.—
Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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While in 1570 the island furnished 70 percent of the sugar in Antwerp—Europe’s most important market—the figure had crashed to 2 percent in the 1590s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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On July 16, 1999, the trio perished when the single-engine plane Kennedy was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha's Vineyard.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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While there is no exact count, the number of people who perished during the journey is in the millions, according to Paul Gardullo, the assistant director of history at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Conked (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conked%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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