downfall

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One posted a video parody of the 2004 Downfall film, portraying Bass as Hitler.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Downfall: It all began to unravel as allegations of fraud piled up.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Geoffrey Kabaservice is vice president of political studies at the Niskanen Center and author of “Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

Downfall of Gaddafi in 2011: Col Muammar Gaddafi's more than four decades of rule end in an Arab Spring uprising.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2021

Then he turned to see Bogrod shaking his head in bewilderment: The Thief’s Downfall seemed to have lifted the Imperius Curse.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling