set down
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The Anteaters started the third set down 2-0 to the Rainbow Warriors, but they tied it 3-3.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Some novelists have so many stories to tell they don’t know which one to set down first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In short, Kagan would have resolved this case as a good textualist, operating within the methodological terms set down by the majority’s opinion, minus the major-questions thumb on the scale.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026
In other round-of-32 matches on Monday, both Jakub Mensik and Arthur Fils fought back from a set down to progress.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Ridge set down his milkshake, picked up the phone, and studied it from every angle, his face bright with curiosity.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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