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  • "It's going down!" somebody yelled as the food was placed in front of the five contestants in a face-stuffing race organized by the University of Maryland's competitive eating club team.

    On U-Md. competitive eating team, a battle to become big mouth on campus 2011

  • Sit down! shouted the waiter as I stood to take a closer look out of the window.

    Let me entertain you 2011

  • “Let me down!” she hissed, but he still held her up.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • "It's going down!" somebody yelled as the food was placed in front of the five contestants in a face-stuffing race organized by the University of Maryland's competitive eating club team.

    On U-Md. competitive eating team, a battle to become big mouth on campus 2011

  • "I put some money in the hat of someone standing upside down!" the young girl tells us excitedly.

    A Vintage Look for Picture Books Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • “Two airplanes have hit the Twin Towers, and they are falling down!” the parishioner exclaimed.

    A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

  • Indy was unhurt, but he was furious: “He thought I had thrown him down!” she said.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • “Get down!” someone shouted, and Hikaru found himself being shoved roughly to the ground—just in time to experience the valley being rocked by an enormous explosion.

    Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light David R. George III 2010

  • “Put the candy corn down!” she said in the spookiest voice she could.

    Caramel Moon Helen Perelman 2010

  • “Calm her down!” he says, clenching his nongimpy hand into a fist on the fancy tablecloth.

    HIGH BEFORE HOMEROOM MAYA SLOAN 2010

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