took down

past tense of take down
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Verb
  • Over the next thirty years, Nasrallah and his acolytes systemically dismantled and subsumed the sovereign Lebanese government, with even no President since 2022, and wrought havoc on the Lebanese people with little support from the population.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Most of Syria’s tank units and artillery batteries have disbanded, and much of the country’s massive arsenal of chemical weapons, which Damascus began stockpiling in the 1970s to deter Israel, has been dismantled under international supervision.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
Verb
  • This Big Sound session benefits from having been recorded on Thrice’s home turf at their own New Grass studio.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Most Companies Don’t Disclose Their Impacts On Nature Black explained that 10% of the apparel and footwear sample were recorded to have no relevant sustainability information whatsoever.
    Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • There’s also the perpetual maintenance costs and the chance your road map might lead you into the wilderness, disconnected from the tech mainstream.
    Claus Jepsen, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • President Biden’s position on the dispute has been reflexively pro-union and disconnected from actual events.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Soon, her home began to tilt under the force of the floodwater, and a chunk of the house detached.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • It was attached on one end to a light post and had detached from another anchor on the other side of the four-lane road.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • While the company offers off-the-shelf selections, it’s known for bespoke personalization – having one’s initials or special date sewn onto the boot’s ear pulls or having a handwritten note transcribed into the liner of the boot.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Without digital tools to aid our reporting in the courtroom, reporters will rely on handwritten notes that will be transcribed outside of the court and then form the basis of our daily reporting.
    Eric Larsen, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • In another high-profile dispute, the union representing film and television actors in November struck a new labor contract with Hollywood studios that raised performers' pay while putting guardrails on the use of artificial intelligence.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Prosecutors said Jose Menendez was struck five times, including in the back of the head, and Kitty Menendez crawled on the floor wounded before the brothers reloaded and fired a final fatal blast.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Once, my cruise ship roommate set down her purse on a chair next to her at a sidewalk cafe and didn’t even notice when a quick thief snagged it.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • In a lengthy and eloquent letter, Laura set down her husband’s final hours.
    Paul Lindholdt, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2024
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