shot down
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The U.S. military said it shot down seven Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at the two allies, which both host American bases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Local authorities said air defences shot down 59 drones overnight and that three different districts of St Petersburg had been hit, although no one was killed.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
But just seven pitches into his start, Freddie Freeman sliced an opposite-field shot down the left-field line.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Overnight, U.S. forces shot down five Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz and blocked a sixth launch from an Iranian ground control site in the port city of Bandar Abbas overnight, U.S.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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