took down
Example Sentences
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Troops took down their tent and detained one Israeli but settlers repeatedly came back by foot or in vehicles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The people behind Delphi Analytica took down their website and refused to be identified, telling a local reporter: “Thanks again and go kid rock.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In Kobane, a Kurdish-majority town in the north, Syrian state television said people attacked government offices and took down the Syrian flag in front of the local security forces headquarters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
He took down three sitting members of the elite Politburo in six months, the biggest purge at this level since 1976.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Their luxury was teatime, between four and five, when they took down from the wooden slatted shelves their miniature brown teapots inscribed with their names and sat together in a little dayroom off the ward.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
