shot down
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It was first to publicly announce an end to the exchange with Israel and avoided crowing about the downing of the Apache as it had when other American aircraft were shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Russia's military said that its air defence units had intercepted or shot down 326 Ukrainian drones over a number of regions overnight.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 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
Central Command, after Iran shot down a U.S. drone.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
In the air force he had done some training in living off the land—it was something they all had to do, in case they got shot down.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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