slump (over)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slump (over)
Verb
  • Without a proper response from the immune system, even the most efficient organs won’t prevent the body from collapsing.
    Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Many of these allies, as well as the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, have collapsed over the last year and a half under Israeli military pressure.
    Ruth Marks Eglash, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • That wiped out the small gains that the stock made this year.
    Bloomberg, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
  • Rancho Bernardo, seeded No. 8, upset No. 1 Fountain Valley 4-2, weathering lightning and hail that wiped out the first game and forced a second trip.
    John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • The Twins took the lead in the sixth when Wallner plopped a 1-2 pitch into the right field stands for his third homer in six games since being called up from St. Paul on May 31.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 June 2025
  • The owner scoops Churro up and plops him down on the giant dog bed sitting in the SUV.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Analysts thought the stresses placed on the hull and keel during such an accident could have potentially led to its scrapping.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
  • Meditation is something that really keeps me even keeled.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 July 2023
Verb
  • With the bases loaded, Will Smith got plunked by former Dodgers reliever Shelby Miller to force home the tying score.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
  • In the 1960s, a concrete rink-and-pool combo got plunked into the northwest corner of Central Park.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The northwest corner of the hangar was crumpled and damaged from the impact.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
  • Quickly: In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks went down 3-1 to the Pacers, but that wasn’t the worst news of their night: Damian Lillard — just days after a miraculous recovery from blood clots — crumpled to the floor in the first quarter, grabbing his left leg, and didn’t return.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The union had earlier brought up the risks associated with the protective platforms after another visitor tripped over one, causing no damage.
    News Desk, Artforum, 25 June 2025
  • In Death Stranding 2, players control a courier who trips over rocks, experiences sunburn, and faces his own possible obsolescence.
    Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • What once looked like a promising season is falling apart for the Kansas City Royals.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
  • Reckoning for three weekends, but the Tom Cruise-starrer fell only 31 percent in its fourth outing to $10.3 million from 2,942 theaters for a domestic tally of $166.3 million.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2025
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“Slump (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slump%20%28over%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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