did in

past tense of do in
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as in destroyed
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of a business venture that was done in by poor planning

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Recent Examples of did in Long before the rape accusation that did in his candidacy, those red flags should have been completely disqualifying. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Rather than zeroing in on one unstable dynamic like Goode did in Tiger King and Chimp Crazy, Monsters of God expands its scope to the entire reptile trafficking ecosystem throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s. Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 This involves collecting and euthanizing the birds, which Denver did in 2024. Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Sneed has a history of knee issues, so Kansas City is managing him as the team did in 2023. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026 Next, the researchers compared octopus and squid tissue and found that the former did in fact have fewer and smaller protein clumps. Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026 In the spirit of what Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker) did in Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, McIntyre sought to draw influences from all the different Wolverine stories out there to create something new. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 Most of all, the finale did in miniature what the season has done throughout — pull the rug out from under Paula, and from under the viewers, by presenting a set of facts, and then revealing just how much more lies underneath. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 July 2026 At the July 14 premiere of the film in New York City, Leguizamo tells PEOPLE that what Nolan did in response yielded one of his fondest memories from set — and an amusing response from his costar. Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
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Verb
  • Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • An airstrike destroyed a house in Ansar town, killing seven people and wounding three others on Saturday morning, NNA said.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • In June, more than 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked the main airport in Niamey.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Two other people were killed in Indiana earlier this week during a powerful derecho.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • Someone had apparently vandalized Altman's Wikipedia page, claiming he was assassinated in Seattle.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • But when The Satanic Verses was published in 1988, the novel was declared by some as blasphemous, and then-Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for Rushdie to be assassinated, leading the author to go into hiding until 1998.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • That’s the number Daniels wore during his two seasons at LSU.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Shawkat wore an airy sundress with watercolor yellow and black-and-white leaf panelling, with her own pair of white stripe adidas.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Bo told Lu that if the audit produced evidence that he had been cheated, Wang should go to prison.
    Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In one case, several systems worked on a problem in parallel, one cheated outright, and the system assigned to summarize their work did not flag it.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Brentford will be hoping promising midfielder Antoni Milambo can contribute after his debut season was ruined by an ACL injury in October.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Tuesday’s second callback inspection, third inspection overall, got ruined by two dead roaches under a dry storage shelf and four live roaches in dry storage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • An amateur game in Istanbul was halted earlier in 2026 when a seagull was struck by the ball mid-flight, prompting the home team’s captain to rush over and perform CPR on the bird before it was carried off the field for further care.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Fans booed when the squirrel was finally captured and carried off under a towel, but the team says the animal was released in fine health.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Itzkowitz is the eldest son of Albert Itzkowitz, who was brutally murdered in broad daylight at Kissena Park in Queens on the afternoon of May 18.
    Simcha Itzkowitz, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Security footage showed the van leaving the Home Depot parking lot shortly before Fandrich was murdered.
    Lauren Clark, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Did in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/did%20in. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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