downfall
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“The precipitous downfall of LIV leaves many players with uncertain futures,” he wrote this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
But for decades, he has defied predictions of his downfall.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Even before her downfall, Holmes drew the media’s attention with her wide, unblinking eyes, bold red lip, deep voice and stilted speech — all of which became parody-ready upon her indictment.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Captain Callum McGregor admitted Celtic were masters of their own downfall in the first half.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
But, as we all know, You-Know-Who met his downfall in little Harry Potter.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
But one of the downfalls certainly has been how divisive some of the language is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Their sudden downfalls could therefore be seen as a lack of judgement by the Chinese president.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
While this controversy is in its early stages, the breathless coverage related to this complaint generates a similar malevolent energy to the version that met the downfalls of Ellen DeGeneres and Martha Stewart before her.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
Through wars, insurrections, revolutions, downfalls, Spanish, Mexican, civil, ecclesiastical, her standpoint, her poise, remained the same.
From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
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