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to take place
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Recent Examples of goes down
Then get ready to make new friends over a cheeky drink with conversations that will last long after the sun goes down.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
The slant to the sun and the coolness when the sun goes down signal that the fall season will indeed arrive.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
In Lemhi County, Idaho, for example, if the sole dispatch center goes down, 911 calls go unanswered.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
This goes down to the acceptance criteria by explicitly stating functionality that is not to be included as part of the implementation.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Revelers party summer nights away as the sun goes down, with boats becoming floating extensions of the bar scene.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Xander Bogaerts goes down to get this pitch and tie up the game for the @Padres!
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
The slant to the sun and the coolness when the sun goes down signal that the fall season will indeed arrive.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
In Lemhi County, Idaho, for example, if the sole dispatch center goes down, 911 calls go unanswered.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
This goes down to the acceptance criteria by explicitly stating functionality that is not to be included as part of the implementation.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Revelers party summer nights away as the sun goes down, with boats becoming floating extensions of the bar scene.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025
Xander Bogaerts goes down to get this pitch and tie up the game for the @Padres!
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes down
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The worst Obama era moment happens in the gross conversation when Gretchen sits on her sectional with Slade to rake over the coals of the past.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The spiritual experience here, these days, happens when Joyce clocks in.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Sep. 2025
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The difference between a calm travel day and a stressful one often comes down to what's packed in my carry-on bag.—
Gabriela Garcia,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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There's an element of that that really comes down to partnering with our system partners to, again, incorporate those value elements into the physician compensation model so that those physicians can change their behaviors.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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If there is a shutdown, federal workers will not be paid, and federal buildings will close as Congress works to pass a deal to reopen the shuttered government.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Sep. 2025
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There is a specific subcategory of magic romance books deal gently with death, that thing that is as much a part of love and life as any amount of comedy, tropes and beats.—
Audrey Goldberg Ruoff,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Goes down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20down. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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