falling apart
Example Sentences
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"Pay for kids to become electricians, pay for apprenticeships for real skills that we need. Our granite heritage is falling apart."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Finding a hidden asteroid that is actively falling apart is important because meteor observations can reveal objects that ordinary telescopes cannot detect.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Without sleep, most of your body starts falling apart.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
But the latest economic data show the labor market more broadly—beyond tech—is not falling apart.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Not muscle strong or fighting strong—a kind of strength that gave him the self-control to meditate instead of falling apart, or to ignore what other people thought, and find meaning in a dead bird.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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