conks (out)

present tense third-person singular of conk (out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conks (out)
Verb
  • Ryuji dies in the Season 3 finale, choosing to head into the world of death rather than fight for life.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • With all four episodes now streaming, read on as Entertainment Weekly breaks down the ending, including who lives and who dies.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Danny passes out, but luckily doesn’t die.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Two bad passes out of 86 is a good day on the ball by any estimation, but the reality of this position in Chelsea’s system is that any time possession is lost carries grave risk.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When crop acreage fails to turn a profit year after year, farmers may be incentivized to sell the land.
    Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Sep. 2025
  • On his lot, Rogen’s bumbling exec Matt Remick typically fails to compromise, as a creature of and a victim to the system he’s been charged with minding.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While drought can contribute to a less dazzling leaf display, so too can a weather system that falls on the opposite end of the spectrum.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • To avoid crowds, try visiting during shoulder season, which typically falls from late April through May and late September to mid-October.
    Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Multiply that across millions of users and intellectual diversity collapses.
    Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And after the Republic collapses, the empire continues to exist for another 500 years.
    Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the rugged landscape where the North American continent crashes head-long into the Pacific Ocean is in a near-constant state of natural upheaval and calamity.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But Bob’s behavior, One Battle After Another argues, is also entirely justified because of the terrifying brutality of the world—a reality that crashes into Bob’s hazy reverie to create an electrifying, thoughtful blockbuster.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But, then again, the market is a forward-looking machine with a motor that never stalls out.
    Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Conks (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conks%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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