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goner

[gaw-ner, gon-er] / ˈgɔ nər, ˈgɒn ər /




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In my opinion McInnes must win at all costs on Sunday or I personally think he's a goner.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

When a tree has 25 or more exit holes, it’s probably a goner, Durbin said.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2024

It’s a goner, he thought — far too damaged to even think about trying to repair.

From Washington Post Nov. 6, 2022

Then when the camera lingered on his departure from Dragonstone, until the little boy on his little dragon faded into the night, I was sure he was a goner.

From New York Times Oct. 23, 2022

A little over twelve hours ago that Death-Cast dude hit me up telling me I’m a goner today.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Some assumed the fish left behind were goners.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

But once services such as YouTube, Twitter and Instagram came for us, we were goners.

From Washington Post Jan. 11, 2023

When Polkinghorne went out to check on her incubated emu eggs after the spring storm caused a power outage, she thought all the unhatched chicks were goners.

From Seattle Times May 5, 2022

"When I was in Vietnam, as long as that flag was flying, we were fighting. If there was no flag up there, we were goners, so yea, it means a lot to me."

From Fox News Sep. 23, 2021

If he, rather than anyone else, saw us, we’d be goners.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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