as in comes down (with)
to become affected with (a disease or disorder)
across the United Kingdom a number of children have gone down with chicken pox this week
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Economic forum The attacks came as the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, or SPIEF, a major business event known as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s version of Davos, gets underway in the city on Wednesday.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026 -
The real risk starts when a pan gets too hot, too damaged or used in the wrong way.—
Ryan Brennan
June 2,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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That last risk is the most dangerous, since an error nobody catches becomes a decision the business acts on.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The app provides instant feedback and catches pronunciation mistakes.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
26 May 2026
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Once someone contracts norovirus, their body sheds billions of tiny, contagious virus particles.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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The cosmos contracts to a minimum size, then expands.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
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“Goes down (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20down%20%28with%29. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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