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zoned out

verb

past tense of zone out

as in hacked (around)

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As the war wound down, Olivier was becoming more obsessed with directing, often counting on Leigh as his cultured, measured adviser.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Some Providence parents shook their heads as the clock wound down; others shouted expletives toward school administrators and Nazareth players.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of wound down

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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

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The Brampton Assembly Plant, which was previously slated to build the Jeep Compass before Stellantis moved the product out of Canada in 2025 to avoid tariffs, has been idled since 2023.

— Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Across the city and the country, declining attendance has idled many religious buildings, often leading to conversions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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