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Recent Examples of went down
Sophomore wing Kennedy Smith went down with an injury after that, and USC blew a fourth-quarter lead to Oregon a few nights later.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
When Nix went down last week, Payton didn’t waste any time.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
That rubber floor went down last week.
—Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Austin Deculus, Bobby Hart and Trevor Penning also have had an opportunity to serve as quarterback Justin Herbert’s blind-side protector after first Slater and then Alt went down with serious injuries.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, a caveat is that the rush defense really struggled when defensive tackle Milton Williams went down with an injury.
—Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
When the sun went down, the Santa Anas began to blow, and the fire shifted into the familiar, frightening rhythm of inevitability.
—Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Viser went down with an injury.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
The scrutiny of Dokoupil is due to the way that the merger of Skydance with CBS-parent Paramount went down last year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
When Nix went down last week, Payton didn’t waste any time.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 24 Jan. 2026
That rubber floor went down last week.
—Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Austin Deculus, Bobby Hart and Trevor Penning also have had an opportunity to serve as quarterback Justin Herbert’s blind-side protector after first Slater and then Alt went down with serious injuries.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, a caveat is that the rush defense really struggled when defensive tackle Milton Williams went down with an injury.
—Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
When the sun went down, the Santa Anas began to blow, and the fire shifted into the familiar, frightening rhythm of inevitability.
—Jonathan Taplin, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026
Viser went down with an injury.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
The scrutiny of Dokoupil is due to the way that the merger of Skydance with CBS-parent Paramount went down last year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down
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Thursday's crash happened near the city of Durban in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Nevils explains in her book how this message was jarringly confusing and led her to second-guess what had happened, ultimately leading her back to the belief that the nature of the encounter was nothing alarming.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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The game included 13 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!—
USA TODAY Staff,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Those violence rates often came down remarkably fast once the improvement began, and more effective policing was the common element in that progress.—
John Schmidt,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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In between acts, there was a dance intermission featuring background dancers, including a solo female dancer performing a contemporary piece, before the stage opened to a full dance performance.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Detectives did not indicate that there was any connection between the two incidents.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Councilman Urbom then went on to gesture, looking through the barrel of a gun with one eye.—
Morgan Rynor,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Foege went on to lead the CDC and served as a senior medical adviser and senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
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But Indiana’s biggest catch came about a year ago from the transfer portal — the oxygen that drives the current game.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Rumors of their showmance first came about in August 2019, when fans posted photos on Instagram of the pair vacationing together in Greece, per E!—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
10 Jan. 2026
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