taking down
Example Sentences
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Telepatía singer Kali Uchis also announced she was taking down their collaboration, Crashing.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
A day after taking down No. 3-seed Duke in the Elite Eight, the Bruins learned on Monday they will face fellow No. 1-seed Texas on Friday, the only team to beat them all season.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
He called this a "battle-tested ground-based air defence missile system that has already proved highly effective for UK forces taking down drones in the region".
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Unless, that is, you’re a professional baseball player, in which case it is at the center of a worrying pattern that is rapidly taking down sluggers—and becoming impossible to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
I braced myself, knowing Brereton would expect me to do the taking down if in fact Toussaint stopped again.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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