go under

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Recent Examples of go under Transfer the mixture to an 8-inch baking dish that can go under the broiler. Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025 The SomniBuds are powered by a slim, soft pad that can go under your pillow, mattress, or headboard – up to about 2-3 ft (under 1 m) away at the most. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025 Should the speeches go under, however, the host promised to put $1,000 back. Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025 Now, the quarterback moves for the 49ers go under the microscope. Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go under
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go under
Verb
  • In six-plus innings, the Japanese pitcher gave up four runs on six hits while striking out six batters and walking one.
    Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Klein pitched four innings of scoreless baseball and struck out five.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But his tendency to swing and miss puts him at risk of washing out.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Munising Falls, just east of the city, remains closed to visitors, according to the NPS website, after spring rains washed out more than 75 feet of the trail.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But despite earmarking hundreds of billions of dollars, these endeavors have mostly foundered.
    DAN WANG, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The effort to counteract Republican gerrymandering has united an opposition party that until recently was foundering amid historically low approval ratings and interparty fighting.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The American people are hostage to Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries' poll numbers because what's changed between now and the last time there was a clean, continuing resolution is Chuck Schumer has tanked in the polls.
    Justin Gomez, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • One example in Thursday’s indictment alleges that a co-conspirator told a bettor several Portland players would be sitting out a March 23, 2023, game as the Blazers were tanking for a better draft pick, allegedly leading to more than $100,000 in wagers that Portland would lose.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
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    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As head coach Enzo Maresca made clear after the game, Palmer’s stardust will always be missed but Estevao is helping fill the void.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond Meat shares have collapsed over the past five years, starting with a 48% plunge in 2021 and plunging further until Roundhill Investments added the stock to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME) on Monday.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This experimentation is happening precisely because the old models collapsed.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Last season, the Warriors flamed out in the second round of the playoffs after Curry’s hamstring injury in Game 1 against the Timberwolves — an injury that marked the culmination of three straight months of playoff-level intensity for the Dubs to merely make the postseason.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025

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