as in fainting
to lose consciousness
I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog
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Researchers made this discovery while studying a rare condition in which back stretching causes fainting.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
16 Oct. 2025 -
On three days in January, multiple Upstate employees left the prison in ambulances, with symptoms such as fainting and vomiting, according to local media accounts.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Each organization tabling at Spooktacular Day will serve as a trick-or-treating station by passing out candy and information on community resources, Castro said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Simba walks from the parking deck to the entrance of Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and his owner guides him through security, passing out his trading cards to agents and travelers alike.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Just half a year earlier, in March 2024, a landslide in the Trou sans Fond had ruptured all three cables, throttling or even blacking out the internet in Côte d’Ivoire and 12 other countries.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
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The last thing Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie remembers before blacking out on the delivery table is holding her daughter, Allana, for the first time.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The rare, direct foreign intervention, which will take the form of a currency swap, is aimed at boosting a collapsing peso and calming market volatility ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections later this month.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Rising delinquency rates among other concerns, recently led to subprime auto lender Tricolor unexpectedly collapsing.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Keeling (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeling%20%28over%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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