Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone under
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Right-hander Lan-Hong Su struck out two in a scoreless seventh inning and right-hander Garrett Hawkins allowed a solo homer in the eighth.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The 6-foot-7 first baseman struck out about 31 percent of the time with Sacramento, and his 38 percent strikeout rate in Cactus League play was alarming.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Economists generally have calculated that whatever economic growth could be ascribed to the change would be washed out by the revenue loss from inflation-indexing only new purchases, and utterly swamped by the cost of indexing all holdings, past and future.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota while torrential rains flooded homes and washed out roads in Hawaii.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Albanese said the context in which the agreement was reached was an important factor in allowing negotiations that collapsed in October 2023 to restart.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Denver firefighters searched through a parking garage that partially collapsed on Monday afternoon.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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This marked the 19th game that Powell missed this season, three due to the birth of his daughter and 16 due to injury, including seven recent games when he was sidelined with a groin strain.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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The airport's police officers and firefighters organized the event to help their federal colleagues, who missed their first full paycheck last Friday amid the roughly month-long shutdown.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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There is also the infamous image of Trump at the 2018 G7, during which he was photographed sitting with his arms folded as other world leaders, including former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tried to engage him.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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Is there anything better than getting your clothes back impeccably folded into beautiful rattan boxes?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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John has just flunked the bar for the second time, and his job at the DA’s office — which has a three-strike policy — is in peril.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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The company was born from the will of a man who grew up dirt-poor in Baltimore, flunked fifth grade, served in Vietnam and became a billionaire.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Big free-agent signings Chandler Jones (2022) and Christian Wilkins (2024) flamed out off the field, and first-round pick Tyree Wilson (2023) has been a bust, so Crosby has often been double-teamed — with a tight end or running back coming in to chip him as well.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Most of the top Fox executives who tried to make the transition flamed out, but Walden thrived.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Narcan and other lifesaving measures failed to revive her and she was taken to the hospital, where doctors said that she had been deprived of oxygen for six minutes, her husband said in the video filmed at her hospital bedside.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The House failed to pass a measure that would propose amending the Constitution to require the federal government to have a balanced budget, a measure offered by conservatives to address the ever-increasing national debt.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Gone under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20under. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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