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down

[doun] / daʊn /




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Down in the backrooms twilight zone, there’s a glitchy-looking wall splashed over with distorted “McKee Road” signs.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Part 1: “Travel. Down your mimosas gal we’re flying easyJet’s finest aircraft to Split, Croatia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

National Highways said the closure of the A386, between the A30 at Sourton Down and the A3079 Fowley Cross in Okehampton, is expected to be in place until 12:15.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Airship captains and Victorian inventors gather Down Under.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Down below there were grassy plains and clear streams, and then we crossed a stream and went through a gloomy little village, and started to climb again.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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