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as in proved
to come to be
the eagerly anticipated kayaking trip never panned out
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as in succeeded
to turn out as planned or desired
the investment scheme didn't quite pan out
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And many strikes proved far deadlier.—
Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024 -
The second attempt for a preliminary injunction proved successful.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
26 Dec. 2024
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The massive popular revolt against the 2021 coup, particularly among young people who had thrived during the previous decade, demonstrates that that strategy in fact succeeded, if at enormous cost, as the Myanmar military appears incapable now of reasserting its control nationwide.—
Derek Mitchell,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2024
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Could President Yoon have succeeded?—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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Monocots are a type of flowering plant that first evolved about 100 to 120 million years ago.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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Give familiar movements a makeover The brain has evolved to seek out novelty.—
Katy Bowman,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Panned out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/panned%20out. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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