COMES DOWN (WITH) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

comes down (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of come down (with)

as in goes down (with)

to become affected with (a disease or disorder) I hope that you're not coming down with a cold

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The Archimedes screw gets a molecular makeover The researchers took inspiration from the Archimedes’ screw, an ancient device with a helical blade inside a cylinder that lifts water (or solids) when rotated.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The driver gets a 24-inch OLED screen, and there’s a smaller 7-inch infotainment screen in the centre.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026

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Life and social structures in remote river villages are rooted in summer fish camps, where the community catches, processes, and preserves the salmon that feeds them through the winter.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Participants step or jump off a platform more than 40 feet above the ground, experiencing a brief moment of free fall before the rope system catches them and slowly lowers them to the ground.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

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Amazon does not directly employ workers anywhere in the country and instead contracts its labor force through other firms.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
At birth, ordinary life contracts around a mother and newborn before opening outward again.

— Shushan Karapetian, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

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