as in fainted
to lose consciousness
I swear I'll keel over if you make me dissect a frog
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When the man fainted, the event came to an abrupt halt.—
Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
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The cold open took place in the Oval Office and parodied a recent White House event about cutting the price of weight loss drugs, during which a man fainted behind the president.—
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Bills are being paid late, the practice is a frightening level of untidiness, there’s a miniature horse in the study, and Siegfried is passed out on the sofa with some loose woman under a trench coat beside him.—
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The woman told officers that Moreno had been heavily intoxicated that night and passed out on the floor.—
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But after leading by as many as nine in the first half, the Heat collapsed in the second half, and the result was a third consecutive double-digit loss.—
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The man then fled from the scene on foot but collapsed at the intersection of Avenue L and Bishop Street.—
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The predawn assault included strikes on key military facilities, while US cyber teams blacked out the lights in Caracas.—
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The Chiefs played at home that day against the Browns, and the game was blacked out in Kansas City because there wasn’t a sell-out at Arrowhead Stadium.—
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“Keeled (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeled%20%28over%29. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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