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zoned out

verb

past tense of zone out

as in hacked (around)

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The day wound down with a stop in the Arts District for a delicious espresso martini and some insanely good Mexican food, followed by a short stop at Ellis Island before closing beers at Stage Door.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
As the World Cup has wound down, the transfer market has not taken long to spring into life.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of wound down

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Eventually, Cease loosened up enough to mow through many Red Sox.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 26 July 2026
A lot has changed since then—the designer shuffle means most brands have new creative directors, and the men’s silhouette has certainly loosened up a bit (though maybe be coming back down to Earth).

— Irene Kim, Vogue, 13 June 2026

Definition of loosened up

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Installing and maintaining them can get expensive, however, and some fire-prone areas are too thickly vegetated or rainy to benefit from their surveillance.

— K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
We were parked alongside a remote and heavily vegetated waterway called Furlong Creek, which was the site of another one of Johnson’s experiments.

— Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of vegetated

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The slowdown also idled, at least temporarily, about 1,500 workers at the Bally’s Chicago site this week.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
The Dolphins hope Willis still can become a late bloomer a la Sam Darnold, who struggled and idled early in his career, made his first Pro Bowl at Willis’ age and won a Super Bowl with Seattle last season.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026

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