come down on

Example Sentences

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"It's very rocky, and the fossils are in cliffs on the shore. Paleontologists hate excavating in cliffs, because the cliff could come down on you."

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Few studies come down on the side of large-scale job destruction.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Luria didn’t outright deny the existence of an AI bubble—but he didn’t come down on one side of the argument, either.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

A 2024 report by a state oversight body found that California regulators are late to investigate complaints at treatment facilities or to come down on unlicensed facilities advertising services that require a license.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“If we try to climb out, the bones will shift. There’s tons of them here. We’ll fall to the bottom, and they’ll come down on top of us.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer