downfall
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It marks a sudden downfall for Situational, led by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Over 104 games, a bunch of questionable VAR calls, another heartbreaking downfall by Mexico and a brilliant goal by Spain’s Ferran Torres, I learned why soccer is the world’s most popular sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
And there was an added layer of disappointment that Tuchel and England's players contributed so much to their own downfall with such a passive strategy against Argentina that led to defeat.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
To think the guy whose downfall basically took our respective childhoods with it was begging for change fifteen minutes from my house six years later?
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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
There are warnings of further heavy downfalls into Saturday.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
One of the company’s downfalls was not having enough self-branded products, Lotman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
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
The Duke has had notice to get himself in readiness for departing from this world of grandeurs and victories, and downfalls and disappointments.
From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace
