keeling (over)

present participle of keel (over)
as in fainting
to lose consciousness I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog

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Verb
  • Should someone experience symptoms of heat exhaustion such as fainting, nausea or headache, the American Heart Association says to slow down physical activity, hydrate and move to a cooler place to recover.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Rod Stewart is recovering after nearly fainting onstage over the weekend.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 22 June 2026
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  • The comedian was seen passing out pizza slices like flyers for a bringer show.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 June 2026
  • Many in the diabetes research community expressed shock and disbelief that their colleagues were threatened with arrest for passing out paper copies of an editorial.
    Alex Hogan, STAT, 12 June 2026
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  • But sometimes even blacking out after long night shoots?
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • But sometimes even blacking out after long night shoots?
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 June 2026
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  • Everything is collapsing around them, but Richie has a plan.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • This process is collapsing the filmmaking process into fewer steps, Amazon Web Services’ General Manager of Media and Entertainment Samira Bakhtiar said in an interview.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
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“Keeling (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeling%20%28over%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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