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[doun] / daʊn /




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Shanghai, Wellington, Taipei and Manila all edged down but there were gains in Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore and Seoul.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The real estate developer who ran for governor before stepping down in November was arrested in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, records show.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Asked whether higher rates were the remedy if inflation didn’t come down, Warsh said they could be part of, but maybe not primarily, the solution.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

And last June, the Oscar winner sat down with Dax Shepard for an episode of “Armchair Expert” and opened up about the positive experience he’d had in the 12-step program.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

An Irish workman grabs a horse and races ahead for the doctor while the ox cart ambulance rumbles slowly down the half-mile to Cavendish.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Through the ups and downs of the season, Tucker still came out of it with a 2025 Silver Slugger award.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 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

Those extra years, Krishna argued to me in an interview last summer, give him insight into how tech cycles work—the ups and the downs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Suddenly they swept up with a noise like thunder, and the foremost horseman swerved, passing by the foot of the hill, and leading the host back southward along the western skirts of the downs.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

A surface-to-air battery operated by Greek personnel in Saudi Arabia downed two ballistic missiles and a drone over Yanbu, the Greek air force media office said.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

A fourth servicemember was killed last week in Iraq during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

A third U.S. service member in Jordan is missing and presumed dead, and a fourth was killed during the detonation of a downed Iranian drone in Iraq on Saturday.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2026

A Corsair was used in June to rescue the crew of an Apache helicopter that was downed off the coast of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Cole watched the birds flitting among the downed branches, feeding on bugs and worms.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen

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

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The actions this week come as the two countries renewed strikes on each other’s forces after the downing of an American Apache helicopter that the U.S. attributed to an Iranian drone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Any renewed attacks would follow strikes by both the U.S. and Iran following the downing of a U.S. helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The United States condemned the downing and then-president Bill Clinton signed a tough new law called the Helms-Burton Act which tightened sanctions against Cuba.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

I can picture all of this: three generations of laughing Theos, downing mugs of coffee and biscuits, storming out garrulously into the dawn, wearing wool hunting hats and surrounded by baleful golden retrievers.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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