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Both men were overcome with emotion during the ceremony, in tears, and Rinderknech keeled over and had to be helped into a chair.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
“It’s spending a lot of time on the kitchen floor, just keeled over and crying and freaking out.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Logan Roy is dead, having keeled over in the toilet of a private jet in this week’s episode of the final season of HBO’s “Succession.”
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023
Unlike the Vasa, which keeled over and sank just minutes after leaving port in 1628, the sister ship was launched without incident the following year and remained in active service for three decades.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2022
I mean, keeled over and slapped his knee laughing.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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