conk

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Current models say the birds should conk out after three or four days, yet they fly for more than a week.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

It could be the cells in the body reach a critical number of mutations and then conk out.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

Apple won’t say how many months of use or charge cycles AirPod batteries can withstand, but some owners have reported that they conk out as early as 18 months.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

They’d be fairly likely to conk out from boredom before the 5-year-old pilots in.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018

And the steady customers in both places, the hustlers in Small’s and the entertainers in the Braddock, began to call me “Red,” a natural enough nickname in view of my bright red conk.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey