as in to get down
to make sad
that sort of news really bums me out
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Radhika hopes to meet a romantic man who isn't afraid to be adventurous with her or get down on the dance floor.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Two of the Big 12’s best get down to it at The Phog on Saturday evening.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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Although many software and AI stocks rallied, the technology sector was weighed down by the 4% decline in Apple after two more analysts sounded the alarm about disappointing iPhone sales and an incoming bad quarter and guide.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Xi’s $18 trillion economy is being weighed down by a giant property crisis that some compare to Japan’s 1990s bad-loan debacle.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Specifically regarding lumber, though, increased tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump on Canada, a major source, might burden supply chains and raise prices, which will be absorbed by homeowners.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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Families are burdened by rising housing costs, limited health care access and shrinking educational opportunities, and by those in power who too often prioritize profits over people.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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This has depressed the value of the renminbi, particularly in less regulated trading outside of mainland China.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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All of his numbers are depressed compared to other Oilers due to very little time with McDavid and Draisaitl.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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In sorrow and pain and cost, Sir, porcelain troubles me most.—
Robert Pinsky,
The New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2025
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Concern over how Kennedy would lead during another pandemic Senators pressed Kennedy on his past statements about COVID-19 as a window into how an HHS under his leadership would respond to a new pandemic—a thought that troubles Burnett.—
Alice Park,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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Another worried the fire had crept out of the Palisades toward Santa Monica Canyon, endangering his house.—
Shawn Hubler,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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As writers stopped worrying about viewers losing the thread, their shows started resembling ultra-long films.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Set during Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s, the film tells the story of Eunice, a mother of five who must rebuild her life after her husband Rubens, a politician opposing the regime, is tortured, killed, and listed among the Desaparecidos.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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And she's long been tortured by their disappearance.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Westminster alumni from those years were saddened to see the beautiful building demolished so a new East Middle School could be constructed on the same property in 2023.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Jan. 2025
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Thanks for Phan’s contributions came rolling in Tuesday from chefs, restaurateurs and civic leaders saddened by news of the chef’s sudden death.—
Linda Zavoral,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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