doing in

present participle of do in
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as in destroying
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 doing in In 2023, while probing what origami was doing in papers about the Ising model, Galashin came across a question that caught his attention. Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025 And that then links to their view of what they’re justified doing in response to the grievances. Belinda Luscombe, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • The former screen siren was fined nearly $25,000 in 2008 after being convicted of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying her country.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Block destruction is one of Minter’s defensive pillars, and the Chargers have not been destroying blocks on some of these explosive runs.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • When Benson was on the ice killing penalties, the Sabres generated two scoring chances and allowed zero.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
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  • The episode’s final moments are of Godolkin walking the campus, draped in a blanket, murdering a student and ready to enact his ultimate plan for the future of supes.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Gregory Szugyi, who also goes by Gregory Dubelle, had been charged with murdering 36-year-old Antonio Poole in an April 2024 shooting on Kennedy Street in Oakland.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Like the rest of the staff, Darwent is wearing a Newcastle tracksuit rather than a suit and tie.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And the combination of four-wheel drive and Michelin Cup 2 R tires delivers so much traction (on dry asphalt, at least) that the car seems to be wearing running spikes.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • Regarding the subject of cheating and whether students might use AI to write essays, edX told Fortune that GradyAI has cheating detection built into its algorithms that can be turned on or off depending on the application.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But his $20 million contract gave the Guardians two more years of club options at $10 million each, which seemed to be a bargain until the cheating scandal emerged.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Packages of flying tortillas thrown at the wrong time, or pocket knives, would only hurt a reputation that Texas Tech has worked doggedly to change and show that the Red Raiders are at home on a national stage, and not the crazy drunk uncle ruining a holiday.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Since 2021, Spotify has offered an alternative app for kids to listen to music without ruining their parents recommendations.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Distilled water was slowly poured in the sand bed, carrying off the brownish tannic acids.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
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  • Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus a month ago today, has asked a judge for permission to wear civilian clothes in court and to appear without shackles and cuffs.
    Michael Ruiz , Lee Ross, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Casual killings at point-blank range, vicious motorcycle jackings, tossing someone off a building, assassinating the actual Mark Cuban (playing himself) — this, in the movie, is what the good guys do.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Doing in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing%20in. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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