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Recent Examples of bringdown
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The saga has brought down the Malaysian prime minister, a top Goldman Sachs banker and a key first-term Trump fundraiser.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The firefighters are focused on bringing down the flames and finding the source, a situation that Severide (Taylor Kinney) has been prepping for his whole life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
But what's more, the president also said that his top priority was bringing down the price of things.
—NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Trump campaigned on promising to bring down inflation.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
The saga has brought down the Malaysian prime minister, a top Goldman Sachs banker and a key first-term Trump fundraiser.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The firefighters are focused on bringing down the flames and finding the source, a situation that Severide (Taylor Kinney) has been prepping for his whole life.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
But what's more, the president also said that his top priority was bringing down the price of things.
—NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bringdown
Noun
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But Sotheby’s is playing the long game; any disappointment felt by the luxury department at the end of play on Saturday is likely to be soothed by lasting gain in the region.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Missing any part of 4 Nations would be a big disappointment for Crosby, who has distinguished himself as arguably Canada’s greatest international men’s ice hockey player.—
Rob Rossi,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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As negotiations continue, the Mets reportedly had their latest bid of three years, $70 million shot down by Alonso and his agent, Scott Boras.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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The president has not expressed a willingness to reach a deal on immigration reform and Republican leaders shot down a bipartisan border security bill in Congress last year.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacramento Bee,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Baker had been pleased enough that his film had been chosen to compete, so he was blown away when George Lucas presented him with the highest honor: the Palme d’Or.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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People were blown away by the cats' physical similarity and how big the kitty looked.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That would take more than half of the Buckeyes’ projected picks off the board before Day 2 of the draft concludes.—
Dane Brugler,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Fittingly, on the Lions last play, Goff was picked off for the third time.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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With most of the starters on the bench and Wiggins gunning for 40 points late in the fourth quarter, Monk went to the halfcourt line to say something to teammate Mason Jones.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Feb. 2025
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Palmer aces her performance as Dreux, a hardworking and pragmatic waitress gunning to become franchise manager of her diner.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Bringdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bringdown. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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