go under

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Recent Examples of go under Should the speeches go under, however, the host promised to put $1,000 back. Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025 Now, the quarterback moves for the 49ers go under the microscope. Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Lines go under almost every word. Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Some go under beds or are stacked in a corner, Gross said. Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go under
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go under
Verb
  • Snell faced the minimum while allowing one hit and striking out a postseason career-high 10 batters.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Milwaukee cut the deficit in half with a run off rookie Roki Sasaki and had the bases loaded before Blake Treinen struck out Brice Turang to clinch the win for the Dodgers.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the good old days, that boy's mouth would have been washed out with soap.
    Mark Mondier, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The dark brown didn’t wash out like bright hues in early cameras’ filters, and its viscosity and flow is eerily similar to a thick line of fresh blood.
    Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But despite earmarking hundreds of billions of dollars, these endeavors have mostly foundered.
    DAN WANG, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The effort to counteract Republican gerrymandering has united an opposition party that until recently was foundering amid historically low approval ratings and interparty fighting.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While watching parrot fish glide by the glass of the 250,000-gallon saltwater reef tank the Seaquarium has maintained for years, Martin said his team plans to build the kind of aquarium complex that will be interesting enough to justify visitors buying tickets just to see it.
    Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Federal prosecutors say that Tompkins, 67, used his official position to bully executives at a Boston cannabis company to recoup his pre-initial public offering investment of $50,000 when the stocks tanked.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Theresa Fusco went missing November 10, 1984.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, even with the Saints missing Brees and top running back Alvin Kamara, the Bears were all too easily upended.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ares instead collapses the two, transporting technology from the other universe—like the light cycle, a futuristic motorcycle that’s become a franchise icon—onto real-world streets.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Polling data show Jones' support collapsing.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jake Delhomme flamed out of Carolina in 2009 and, after being named the opening day starter, got four starts with the Browns in 2010.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Ex-Louisville football coach Bobby Petrino keeps getting opportunities — this time as the interim coach at Arkansas, despite history of flaming out, our C.L. Brown explains in his latest column.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025

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