1
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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2
as in killing
to deprive of life
the early frost did in all of our tender plants
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as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
somebody did the old man in late last night
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as in wearing
to use up all the physical energy of
the long day of hard work really did me in
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as in cheating
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
too savvy an investor to be done in by preposterous claims of astronomical returns
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Recent Examples of doing in
Daeron has not yet appeared in House of the Dragon but is mentioned in the second season’s sixth episode when Alicent asks her brother Gwayne (Freddie Fox) how Daeron is doing in Oldtown.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Instead of independently designing and optimizing individual components and then connecting and calibrating them, GM can now simultaneously balance airflow and refrigerant behavior with cabin comfort, doing in days or hours what used to take months or weeks.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
What Dobeš is doing in these playoffs has put him in that group.
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Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
So there is a risk assessment that folks are doing in real time.
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Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
The National Assessment of Educational Progress — more commonly known as The Nation’s Report Card — offers the best insight into how American children are doing in school.
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Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
Police, however, didn't question him about any physical or forensic evidence found, rather focusing on what the couple was doing in the Bahamas and what happened in the hours prior to Lynette falling out of the dinghy.
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Adam Sabes , Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
McVey, 68, has volunteered with Court Watch for about a year, but has spent most of his time doing in-person observation since November 2025.
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Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Which has been phenomenal just because of the work that Underground Squeaks is doing in the community.
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Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Instead of independently designing and optimizing individual components and then connecting and calibrating them, GM can now simultaneously balance airflow and refrigerant behavior with cabin comfort, doing in days or hours what used to take months or weeks.
—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
What Dobeš is doing in these playoffs has put him in that group.
—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
So there is a risk assessment that folks are doing in real time.
—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2026
The National Assessment of Educational Progress — more commonly known as The Nation’s Report Card — offers the best insight into how American children are doing in school.
—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
Police, however, didn't question him about any physical or forensic evidence found, rather focusing on what the couple was doing in the Bahamas and what happened in the hours prior to Lynette falling out of the dinghy.
—
Adam Sabes , Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
McVey, 68, has volunteered with Court Watch for about a year, but has spent most of his time doing in-person observation since November 2025.
—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Which has been phenomenal just because of the work that Underground Squeaks is doing in the community.
—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doing in
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That second blaze burned charred 23,500 acres in that community, Malibu and elsewhere, killing 12 people and destroying or damaging more than 7,500 homes and businesses.
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These kinds of old negatives are often stored inside cans and are so fragile they can’t be unrolled without destroying them, Seales says.
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In January 2024, Mansfield confessed to killing 18-year-old Carol Ann Barrett more than four decades earlier.
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He is accused of killing a man on March 13, 2022, Broward court records show.
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The ruling handed down on Tuesday affirmed the judgment of a May 2025 hearing presided over by Cuyahoga County judge Nancy Margaret Russo, the same judge who found Shirilla guilty of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo (no relation) and their friend, Davion Flanagan, in a 2022 car crash.
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Sam Worthington leads the series as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence for murdering his own son five years ago.
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As an adult, Aemond is vicious, tactical and easily identifiable by wearing an eye patch over a blue glass ball where his eye used to be.
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The offender is described as an African-American man between 40-45 years of age, weighing 180-200 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray/black baseball cap, a light blue shirt, gray pants, and black gym shoes.
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For example, a spouse who catches their partner cheating and kills someone in the heat of emotion.
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Few colleges have developed an intellectual integrity curriculum that treats cheating as a habit and works to counter it over the four years of a student’s college education.
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The Cowboys are like most NFL teams that roll out a synthetic surface that has a grass feel, and is vastly superior to the old knee-ruining ways of AstroTurf.
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The Dodgers are ruining baseball!
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Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.
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Since the start of the war in 2022, Ukrainian military intelligence has claimed responsibility for assassinating several senior Russian officers, some of whom have appeared on a public list of Ukraine’s enemies.
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Yes, assassinating their leaders might have played into that.
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