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Recent Examples of went down
Swasti Singhai The fighter jet that went down over Iran on April 3 was an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter, a two-seat combat aircraft.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Jacquie Ovalle went down with a hamstring injury, forcing head coach Seb Hines to replace her with Summer Yates in the 58th minute.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Orlando’s Jacquie Ovalle went down while pursuing Angel City’s Sveindís Jónsdóttir on a breakaway.
—Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Turner went down immediately after scoring and was later subbed off in the 25th minute.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Navarro reached an arm out and Laryea went down right outside the box.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The Red Sox went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth against All-Star closer Mason Miller, who struck out Marcelo Mayer to end the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Things got worse for the Wild a few shifts later when Spurgeon foiled a Florida rush to the Minnesota net, but went down at full speed and slid hard into the goalpost, knocking the net off the moorings.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Both were over the Atlantic when their plane went down.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
Jacquie Ovalle went down with a hamstring injury, forcing head coach Seb Hines to replace her with Summer Yates in the 58th minute.
—Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Orlando’s Jacquie Ovalle went down while pursuing Angel City’s Sveindís Jónsdóttir on a breakaway.
—Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Turner went down immediately after scoring and was later subbed off in the 25th minute.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Navarro reached an arm out and Laryea went down right outside the box.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
The Red Sox went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the ninth against All-Star closer Mason Miller, who struck out Marcelo Mayer to end the game.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
Things got worse for the Wild a few shifts later when Spurgeon foiled a Florida rush to the Minnesota net, but went down at full speed and slid hard into the goalpost, knocking the net off the moorings.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Both were over the Atlantic when their plane went down.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down
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The most recent deadly chase happened in Pomona on Wednesday night.—
Tom Wait,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Hernandez said he was encouraged by recent meetings with Republican members of Congress from his home state, Florida, but worries other priorities will drown out the bill, as has happened in the past.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Dearth said Crew came down with the flu last year, but his symptoms didn't seem to be getting better with time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Gardner was outside the courtroom in downtown LA when that verdict came down.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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With the Iran war in its fifth week, attacks in the Middle East continued and there was still no clear end to the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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There was consensus on protecting the victims.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Until last month, their longest stretch apart came when Bello went on a multi-day field trip in seventh grade.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Recently, Joe Kent, the former head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned earlier this month in opposition to the war, went on Tucker Carlson’s show.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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That came about 24 hours after Roberts hired a new coach away from Akron, a decision that the Akron AD later said was motivated by… money.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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The effort came about a year after the village had rejected a highly controversial, earlier plan to locate the museum on two acres in a residential area behind a Hebrew day school.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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