conk (out)

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Verb
  • But a day after nearly fainting over the financial details, as Joe has recollected, the lead producer in the deal, Harvey Weinstein, got his comeuppance.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
  • My mother nearly fainted during a four-kilometre walk in the sun.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The organization, created in 2002 after four students at a Jefferson County high school died by suicide in a nine-month period, is branching out beyond the Front Range.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Monk likely died long before deputies checked for his pulse, the lawsuit claimed.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The algorithm failed to de-age the neck on some subjects.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Taylor, in Bonneville County, has failed to provide any records to that committee for at least eight years.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Valor recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock after that as Regis fell a win short of the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
  • That’s in part because Democrats fell short in their bid to flip enough battleground districts in Southern California and the Central Valley to help the national party win a majority.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Scott crashed into another vehicle while attempting to avoid the shots.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Call it the awkwardness of the pregame: Peacock’s Kornacki cam didn’t work for about ten minutes, and every hour or so, the Multiview feature would crash, reflecting the instability of the streamer’s new infrastructure.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The twist involves a naming switch-up between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), who perishes at the hand of Darth Maul (Ray Park) at the conclusion of the divisive prequel.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In the end, 384 men survived and 828 perished, either in the hold or in the water.
    Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Why not put everything under one roof, cut out the middlemen and go direct to the manufacturers?
    Lee Habeeb, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Ultimately, much of the housing plans were cut out of the bill as Democrats tried to get it past Senate moderates, especially Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).
    Alex Thompson, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • It was ordered in secret by one of Marie Antoinette’s secret admirers to try and impress her, but the watch took 44 years to make, long after both Marie Antoinette and Abraham-Louis Breguet had passed away.
    Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Voter registration records are removed when voters move from Delaware, pass away, request for their record to be removed, or their record is removed due to the NVRA address verification process.
    Patrick Maguire, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Conk (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conk%20%28out%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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