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[doun] / daʊn /




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Burger King has lately been drawing diners at a swifter rate than both McDonald’s MCD 0.21%increase; up pointing triangle and Wendy’s WEN -0.12%decrease; down pointing triangle , and its restaurant sales are growing faster.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Saturday's event saw thousands of people line the street as Tyler's hearse made its way down Newton Road in Mumbles, a seaside suburb of Swansea.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Observer missions, including the European Union, called on parties to tone down inflammatory statements ahead of final results, due on Monday.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Yet Maresca played down the importance of the result, saying: "It's a defeat that hurts us, but it's just the beginning."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

She navigates a chorus of friendly greetings as she walks down a dim, quiet corridor toward her room.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

After all, his previous four seasons spent coaching the Trojans had been nothing short of a powder keg, filled with ups and downs, as well as a constant undercurrent of tension and uncertainty.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Those ups and downs are not exclusive to his career in the ring, as in May 2017, a then 20-year-old Agyarko was tasked with a different fight.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

"A lot of ups and downs this week, to say the least. But I'm proud of the way I fought through it," DeChambeau said on Instagram.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

And through many ups and downs and storms, for the past seven years, Theo has been giving Vincent money for paint, pencils and pens, ink, canvases, paper, clothing, food, and, until he moved in, rent.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on social media that Qatar sent search-and-rescue teams to look for the crew members after their planes were downed and found the remains of one of the pilots.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

In June, the Navy used them to rescue the crew of an Apache helicopter that was downed off the coast of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Ukraine downed under a third of them, according to the AFP tally of official data.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Residents were urged to shelter in place due to downed power lines and other hazards.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Luke downed the last of the Mountain Dew as Toby watched, fascinated.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

The charges related to the downing of US civilian planes by Cuban forces on February 24, 1996, when Castro was defence minister.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

The United States has also indicted former president Raul Castro, brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, over the downing of two civilian planes three decades ago.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Ratcheting up the pressure, U.S. prosecutors in May indicted former President Raúl Castro on murder charges relating to the downing of two civilian aircraft in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

JC: Think about it: The world of sports has entered a bizarre new dimension, one in which formerly sad-sack teams are now the ones downing champagne and getting showered in confetti.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Trey’s downing a protein shake, trying to act cool.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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