fall from grace

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For hundreds of years, readers have interpreted Satan's descent in the Divine Comedy as a spiritual fall from grace.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

There’s a lot more to Beyond Meat’s fall from grace than just falling sales and mounting losses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Sarah Ferguson has had her honorary Freedom of the City of York stripped, in a further fall from grace for the former Duchess of York.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Martin’s fall from grace has been swift but not particularly surprising.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026

She began to associate with Ralph Myers, a white man with a badly disfigured face and lengthy criminal record who seemed to perfectly embody her fall from grace.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson