Example Sentences

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Iran's military says it has downed a second US military jet in the Gulf, according to state media.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Mykhailo Kudliak, a pilot in the Presidential Brigade’s 3rd Mechanized Battalion, hunts Shaheds and has downed as many as three in one night.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

If Igamane has downed tools and Danilo is, well, Danilo, then they have precious little up front.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

The crew has downed tools as the actors, producers and director perch uncomfortably on polystyrene rocks.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2019

I've fought it before, and it has downed me, time and again.

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames