The word kaput has appeared in 13 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 19 in “Houston and Alabama Size Each Other Up From the Same Arena” by Billy Witz:
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When the Houston Cougars trudged to the locker room at halftime of their second-round game in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, their shoulders weren’t the only things sagging. So were their national championship hopes.
On Friday night, they watched as Purdue, a No. 1 seed, was taken down by Fairleigh Dickinson. Earlier Saturday, another No. 1’s title dreams went kaput, as Arkansas rallied to oust Kansas, the reigning champion.
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