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Recent Examples of went down
Max Kranick and Dedniel Nuñez both went down with elbow injuries that required Tommy John surgery.
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Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
The anxiousness over the situation also stems from the way that Skydance’s purchase of Paramount Global went down last year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
Police said the Oakley pursuit went down Main Street and past nearly a half-dozen busy intersections.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The two went down and were immediately attended by the trainers, but after a couple of minutes both were back on their feet and remained in the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Then someone who looked like a supervisor went down the line talking to the officers, Bertrand said.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Washington’s void up front was glaring last season, and became especially so when defensive end Dorance Armstrong went down with a season-ending injury.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Legal bills As her campaign income went down, her spending on legal expenses has gone up.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Cam was returning to his home in the Prescott area after a brief trip to California when his plane went down, according to Tony.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
The anxiousness over the situation also stems from the way that Skydance’s purchase of Paramount Global went down last year.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2026
Police said the Oakley pursuit went down Main Street and past nearly a half-dozen busy intersections.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
The two went down and were immediately attended by the trainers, but after a couple of minutes both were back on their feet and remained in the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Then someone who looked like a supervisor went down the line talking to the officers, Bertrand said.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Washington’s void up front was glaring last season, and became especially so when defensive end Dorance Armstrong went down with a season-ending injury.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Legal bills As her campaign income went down, her spending on legal expenses has gone up.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Cam was returning to his home in the Prescott area after a brief trip to California when his plane went down, according to Tony.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down
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The confrontation happened Wednesday one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel in Cayo Falcones, off the northern coast of the Villa Clara province in central Cuba, according to Cuban government officials.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Gusmane Coulibaly was arrested on Thursday after his picture was circulated on a NYPD tipline for a massive snowball skirmish that happened earlier this week.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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In this case, though, when Kelly landed from his jump, his foot came down on Yilmaz’s Achilles tendon and Kwiatkowski decided that his actions could endanger the safety of his opponent — an offence that warrants a straight red card instead of a yellow.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ellison was taking meetings at Skydance’s sleek Santa Monica headquarters on Friday when word came down that the path had been cleared for Paramount to take WBD.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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There was the drug lord who was famously killed twice, Nazario Moreno, leader of the violent and pseudo religious Knights Templar cartel who authorities said was killed in 2010 only to kill him for real in 2014.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Kolvet, who has been hosting Kirk’s show since his death, wrote in a post on X that there was growing urgency in Washington, including among anti-war voices, over reports that Iran may have been pursuing dirty bombs and seeking hypersonic weapons from China.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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The murderer and writer Jack Abbott was in prison when Mailer befriended him, and went on to kill again after Mailer lobbied for his release.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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After dropping his debut full-length, Rock with Sedaka, in 1959, Sedaka went on to release four original studio albums and scored back-to-back hits on the radio.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
2 Mar. 2026
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The announcement came about an hour before a deadline set by the Pentagon, which had called on Anthropic to back down.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
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The most opportune moment came about 30 minutes into the game, as Keagan Kiefer drilled a shot from 30 yards out.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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