as in fainting
to lose consciousness
I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog
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Everything from fainting and panic attacks to seizures and heart attacks.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026 -
Manning said smelling salts have only been approved for fainting because of the temporary increase of blood flow to the brain, and increased heart and respiratory rates can wake a person up.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The Cuesta Park neighborhood was quiet Thursday afternoon as a water delivery truck worked its way through the neighborhood, passing out large jugs of water and battery-operated pumps to impacted households.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Staff were stationed throughout, giving runners directions, passing out water and cheering us on.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Gosling headlines Miller and Phil Lord’s film adaption of Andy Weir’s 2021 book of the same name, which centers on a school teacher turned astronaut tasked with stopping a mysterious entity from blacking out the sun.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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But beyond the humanitarian costs, blacking out the entire nation would be economically catastrophic for the region and could trigger a global recession.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Because of his show’s cancellation, a wormhole opened up backstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater, collapsing the space between his Strike Force Five co-hosts.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 May 2026
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Seattle’s economy, far from collapsing, continued to boom.—
Nick Hanauer,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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“Keeling (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeling%20%28over%29. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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