fall apart
Example Sentences
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Patched up because of a growing list of injuries, City are seeing their title challenge fall apart.
From BBC
"My world fell apart... The pain felt by a parent who loses a child is unimaginable," he told Swiss broadcaster RTS.
From Barron's
By effectively "pre-folding" the structure at a molecular level, the plastic can fall apart thousands of times faster than usual.
From Science Daily
"It acts like a molecular glue, locking the material together so it doesn't fall apart too quickly once injected."
From Science Daily
That interpretation fell apart when the object vanished and a different bright source appeared nearby.
From Science Daily
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