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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gave way (to)
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A couple of years after the fire, a tornado blew through and took out the north side of the street.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Last year, New Mexico took out full-page ads in five Texas newspapers, urging medical professionals to relocate.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Manes Returns A little more than three months after Johnson’s departure, Bukele unleashed an assault on the judiciary.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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So Much Fun) and others exhausting (the YSL Slime Language comps, 2023’s Business Is Business), as well as too many studio leaks unleashed via message board accounts.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Gave way (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gave%20way%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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