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Recent Examples of Synonyms for went under
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Right-hander Lan-Hong Su struck out two in a scoreless seventh inning and right-hander Garrett Hawkins allowed a solo homer in the eighth.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The 6-foot-7 first baseman struck out about 31 percent of the time with Sacramento, and his 38 percent strikeout rate in Cactus League play was alarming.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Economists generally have calculated that whatever economic growth could be ascribed to the change would be washed out by the revenue loss from inflation-indexing only new purchases, and utterly swamped by the cost of indexing all holdings, past and future.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota while torrential rains flooded homes and washed out roads in Hawaii.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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This marked the 19th game that Powell missed this season, three due to the birth of his daughter and 16 due to injury, including seven recent games when he was sidelined with a groin strain.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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The airport's police officers and firefighters organized the event to help their federal colleagues, who missed their first full paycheck last Friday amid the roughly month-long shutdown.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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There is also the infamous image of Trump at the 2018 G7, during which he was photographed sitting with his arms folded as other world leaders, including former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tried to engage him.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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Is there anything better than getting your clothes back impeccably folded into beautiful rattan boxes?—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Went under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20under. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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