Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone under
Verb
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The right hander, who projects as the Razorbacks' Friday night starter this season, struck out a career-high 10 in six innings of relief against LSU on June 14 at the College World Series.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026 -
While Sarkisian has struck out so far in the offensive line, A&M went out and got a pair of starting guards in South Carolina’s Trovon Baugh and LSU’s Coen Echols and LSU tackle Tyree Adams while also signing UTSA tight end Houston Thomas.—
Sports columnist,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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That's because the odor is washed out in the rinse cycle, leaving behind only the benefits of adding it to the wash.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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Let’s hope they get washed out in the semifinals next week.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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The sofa was so collapsed that getting up from it felt like core strength training.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Butker, who entered the season as one of the NFL’s top kickers, missed five kicks over his next seven halves of football.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The city reversed course and put the matter out to bid but ultimately rejected a proposal by Nikki Beach after saying its representatives missed a deadline to submit documents.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The bill was eventually folded into an Appropriations bill and passed; the National Academies report came out in August 2025.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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But, ultimately, the Rockies flunked, losing a 4-3 gut-puncher when the Mariners scored three runs in the eighth off relievers Juan Mejia and Victor Vodnik.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Last season, the Warriors flamed out in the second round of the playoffs after Curry’s hamstring injury in Game 1 against the Timberwolves — an injury that marked the culmination of three straight months of playoff-level intensity for the Dubs to merely make the postseason.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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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
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The shutdown began after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a government funding bill.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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If the main goal was to drive African Americans away, the laws failed.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Gone under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20under. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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