as in gone
to turn out as planned or desired
his sales pitch went over as expected and he saw a 200% increase in his commissions
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Just about everything has gone poorly.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025 -
Sarah told me that both Diaz and Williams later told her that Trent had gone with them and had more to drink.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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Photos clicked across lenses have minimum noise and a good amount of detail for a night shot.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Every transition has clicked — a relief to NBC, no doubt, because engineering successions in morning TV is one of the genre’s most difficult feats.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2025
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The younger Wynn is coming off a junior season in which the Valiants switched to using four receivers to take advantage of his athleticism.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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The two hits for sixth-seeded Badger/Greenbush-Middle River (19-7) both came off the bat of Quinn Vacura. Kailey Hanson allowed just two hits for the Gators, but the Rebels scored twice in the bottom of a third inning that featured one hit, two walks and two errors.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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The massive popular revolt against the 2021 coup, particularly among young people who had thrived during the previous decade, demonstrates that that strategy in fact succeeded, if at enormous cost, as the Myanmar military appears incapable now of reasserting its control nationwide.—
Derek Mitchell,
NPR,
23 Dec. 2024
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Could President Yoon have succeeded?—
Cressida Leyshon,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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