felled
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A runner in a marathon in northern France was seriously injured runner when a tree was felled by strong winds during the race.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 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
A sudden liquidity panic, the kind that felled Lehman Brothers, he noted, is something Beijing can nearly always head off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
‘I shot at him with the bow of Galadriel above Sarn Gebir, and I felled him from the sky. He filled us all with fear. What new terror is this?’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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