passed out

past tense of pass out
as in fainted
to lose consciousness I passed out from the flu

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Recent Examples of passed out The guide also was passed out at the African-American Research Library in Fort Lauderdale, a popular early voting site among Black voters. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026 After the presentation, markers are passed out so parents can write parting notes for their children on the whiteboard. Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026 Staff at the school passed out food purchased by the school district to families in need in the wake of the storms. Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Ormund, who has spent the entirety of the battle looking for Ulf, finally finds the dragonseed passed out in the latrine after a morning spent in Lord Footly’s kitchen getting drunk on the Footly stores of ale. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Another man passed out after a wire with an electric current was fixed to his ear. Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Police say that on June 21, the boy passed out at dinner at a home on Thornhill Drive in the city’s Montclair neighborhood, and was found to have cocaine and fentanyl in his system. Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 At dinner’s end, sparklers are passed out and lit, followed by dancing. R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The opening night of Lollapalooza proved too hot to handle for some as audience members reportedly passed out from the heat during Lorde‘s headlining set. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 July 2026
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  • Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Allegedly, so many cinema-goers vomited and fainted during the initial screenings of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973) that theatre staff had to hand out smelling salts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • But that agreement, which had already effectively collapsed, officially expired on Monday with no sign of a breakthrough and as tensions have escalated.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • If Biden had abandoned that commitment and stayed in Afghanistan, the Taliban would certainly have resumed their military offensive, and the Afghan army might have collapsed anyway in the long run.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • Rodriquez’s home address and telephone number appeared blacked out, while his Social Security and driver’s license numbers remained visible.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sections on the reports were blacked out, for medical issues including drug or alcohol use, along with sections for injuries and the condition of bodies at the avalanche scene.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Passed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20out. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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