felled
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After a life of drinking and fine dining, he was felled by gout in 1816, at the age of 64.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The rest of the trees were felled in the 1980s during redevelopment.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
To quote his felled primary opponent, Sen. John Cornyn, “Paxton’s a poor campaigner” who’s “lazy and doesn’t raise money. And he basically is not offering a very compelling case for his election.”
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Experts say Burnham will now need to address a host issues that have felled his predecessors in quick succession.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
The literature of veterinary medicine does not lack for cases of animals felled by swainsonine poisoning after grazing on forage contaminated with R. leguminicola.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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