as in fell
to undergo defeat
quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition
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He’s played in 17 of 34 games ever since, felled by a torn ACL, a concussion, an ankle injury and a wrist injury that needed surgery.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025 -
He remains deeply saddened by the death of his favorite politician, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, felled by an assassin's bullets.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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There have been reports in the Indian media on disharmony within the India team throughout the series, unsurprising given the team straddles different generations, and surely fracturing further amid having lost six of their last eight Tests.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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After winning nine in a row, the Knicks have lost two straight.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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English speakers, despite their greater familiarity with the odors, faltered.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Long the top-selling Chinese carmaker in Europe, the once-British sportscar brand has faltered recently, logging a 58% drop in registrations last month from a year earlier, based on data provided by Jato Dynamics, another research firm.—
Kristine Gill,
Fortune Asia,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Bowed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowed%20out. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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