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Recent Examples of go under
Transfer the mixture to an 8-inch baking dish that can go under the broiler.
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Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
The SomniBuds are powered by a slim, soft pad that can go under your pillow, mattress, or headboard – up to about 2-3 ft (under 1 m) away at the most.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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
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Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
The SomniBuds are powered by a slim, soft pad that can go under your pillow, mattress, or headboard – up to about 2-3 ft (under 1 m) away at the most.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go under
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Wind is a bespectacled and genial former Christie’s adviser who struck out on his own eight years ago, quickly establishing his firm, Wind Vintage, as a trustworthy source for the best collectible timepieces.—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Musgrove, 23, has struck out eight against five walks while allowing three runs in 5⅓ innings in relief for Peoria.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The brighter-than-usual lunar activity will likely wash out all but the most luminescent Taurids.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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But his tendency to swing and miss puts him at risk of washing out.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
25 Oct. 2025
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This is a significant year, marking 50 years since the Fitzgerald foundered in a Lake Superior storm.—
Jay Gabler,
Twin Cities,
28 Oct. 2025
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Dinosaurs were flourishing, not foundering, as kings of the Cretaceous right up until the end, according to the new study.—
DINO GRANDONI THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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That was the main reason his numbers tanked with the Mets.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Roberts court, unusually obsessed with the Supreme Court’s public reputation and appearance of political interference, might consider such a ruling a way to balance limiting executive power without tanking the broader economy.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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The storm was the deadliest typhoon to hit the country this year, killing at least 114 people, with many more reported missing — most in Cebu province, a tourist hotspot.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Free throws from Trey Murphy III and Saddiq Bey sealed the deal for New Orleans, who were playing without star Zion Williamson, who is scheduled to miss at least a week with a strained hamstring.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those shows come from a time when fisheries were collapsing and regulations meant to save them forced fishermen into a daily sprint to the bottom.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Gilbert is hardly the only celebrity lending their support to Ryder’s Law, which was named after a horse who died in Manhattan in 2022 after collapsing in the August heat.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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After the first two films, the series switched hands to seasoned parody veterans David Zucker and Pat Proft before flaming out with the fifth entry in 2013.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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