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- verb Present participle of
down . - noun An occasion on which something is
downed
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Examples
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How the president allow the bin-Laden family to skip the US just a few days after 9/11 and then had other Arab-Americans arrested, not involved in downing the Twin Towers?
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How was the president allow the bin-Laden family to skip the US just a few days after 9/11 and then had other Arab-Americans arrested, not involved in downing the Twin Towers?
Think Progress » Congress Explicitly Said War Resolution Did Not Expand Executive Power 2005
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But he has had a hand in downing four punts inside the opponents '5-yard line this season.
USATODAY.com - All-Joe members worth their weight in gold 2005
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called the downing of the drone "a significant intelligence loss."
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By MATTHEW LEE 2011
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called the downing of the drone "a significant intelligence loss."
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The downing was a stinging blow to the lauded, tight-knit SEAL Team 6, months after its crowning achievement.
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Even among Scotch aficionados, the notion of downing an entire meal with a stiff flight of whisky - a spirit that contains at least 40 per cent alcohol by volume - is a mind-numbing (and potentially taste-bud-paralyzing) proposition.
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Even among Scotch aficionados, the notion of downing an entire meal with a stiff flight of whisky - a spirit that contains at least 40 per cent alcohol by volume - is a mind-numbing (and potentially taste-bud-paralyzing) proposition.
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Even among Scotch aficionados, the notion of downing an entire meal with a stiff flight of whisky - a spirit that contains at least 40 per cent alcohol by volume - is a mind-numbing (and potentially taste-bud-paralyzing) proposition.
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Even among Scotch aficionados, the notion of downing an entire meal with a stiff flight of whisky - a spirit that contains at least 40 per cent alcohol by volume - is a mind-numbing (and potentially taste-bud-paralyzing) proposition.
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