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brought down

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past tense of bring down

as in shot down

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At least 116 drones were shot down en route to Moscow, the capital's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in posts to Telegram.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Devers’ 403-foot shot down the right field line was his 30th homer of the season and third in seven career at-bats against Elder.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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The interception was Howard’s third of the preseason, after being picked off twice in a 17-0 loss to the New York Jets last weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026
So when Rocky Hill’s Justin Barron picked off three passes, the first against future Hall of Famer Matthew Stafford in the join practice with the Rams, Cowboys fans had a new favorite.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

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Like Texas, Wisconsin has passed bipartisan tax breaks to entice companies to do business there and were losing out on revenue when the profits blew away their projections.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Clad in the world champion’s rainbow jersey, Pogačar blew away the general classification contenders over the Col du Tourmalet, gaining almost three minutes on Jonas Vingegaard by the finish at Gavarnie-Gèdre.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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