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How to use the word takedown in a Sentence?

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In this particular moment, we have DaBaby saying these really uninformed things about HIV/AIDS -- but because of all of the work that these other artists were able to do, we get to see this swift takedown of DaBaby.

Alfred Martin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Essentially, we have been in the back pockets of organized crime and operationalized a criminal takedown like we have never seen, the use of encrypted communication apps presents significant challenges to law enforcement and ANoM has given law enforcement a window into the level of criminality that we have never seen before on this scale.

Reece Kershaw

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This was an illegal takedown that failed, now is the time to get back on the offense on the economy and growth.

Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It can lead to en masse takedown of content, intermediaries are often happy to take down perfectly legal content just to avoid liability.

Gurshabad Grover

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Transparency continues to be the most effective tool in combating the malign behavior of foreign adversaries who intend to mislead and divide the American public through social media, ..., Facebooks takedown of Iran-linked malign influence pages and accounts is further evidence that such deceptive campaigns are worldwide in ambition. This requires a level of vigilance about disinformation operations that we could not have predicted only a few years ago.

Adam Schiff

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This is not a takedown of corner dealers... and addicts, it is a potential game-changer for Huntington.

Mike Stuart

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

As this takedown should make clear, health care fraud is not an abstract violation or benign offense, it is a serious crime.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

He used a takedown technique he was taught in the academy, he said he never exerted any pressure on the windpipe and never intended to injure Mr. Garner.

Stuart London

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Daniel Pantaleo indicated Daniel Pantaleo never used a chokehold, daniel Pantaleo used a takedown technique Daniel Pantaleo was taught in the academy. Daniel Pantaleo said Daniel Pantaleo never exerted any pressure on the windpipe and never intended to injure Eric Garner.

Stuart London

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He indicated he never used a chokehold, he used a takedown technique he was taught in the academy. He said he never exerted any pressure on the windpipe and never intended to injure Mr. Garner.

Stuart London

Found on CNN
9 years ago

He used a takedown technique he was taught in the academy. He said he never exerted any pressure on the windpipe and never intended to injure Mr. Garner.

Stuart London

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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