falling to pieces
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“GARDENING IN A WAR ZONE” is a powerful and moving short documentary about cultivating hope and the beauty of nature even as your world is falling to pieces.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2024
"I felt so sick, I was falling to pieces," she told Heart Radio after coming off stage.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
After reading his review of the 2019 Maserati Quattroporte GTS GranSport one imagines the car simply falling to pieces under the weight of Neil’s judgement.
From Fox News • Dec. 31, 2019
We don’t have North Sea oil any more, and the banking industry is falling to pieces.
From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2017
Victory Mansions were old flats, built in 1930 or thereabouts, and were falling to pieces.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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