fall apart

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Plus, the U.S. will blockade the Strait of Hormuz after Iran talks fall apart, and a chatbot relationship proves fatal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

But geopolitical strategists are keeping an eye on movement in the Middle East and in Washington, D.C., that could suggest this fragile truce could fall apart.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

They added these extraordinary efforts to hide his identity began to fall apart in September 2000, after he was charged with defacing a billboard in New York.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

I play the principal at the school, watching the entire thing fall apart around them.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

But when Úrsula died the superhuman diligence of Santa Sofía de la Piedad, her tremendous capacity for work, began to fall apart.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez