fell apart
Example Sentences
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Stranger still, he knew the friends who had taken me in after everything fell apart — people who had become part of the story I told in the podcast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
At its heart, this is neither just a news story, nor just a major political scandal, but a saga of a relationship between a husband and wife that fell apart.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
The Journal viewed that email and others that Moffitt, Bergh and Wilson exchanged over the span of five days as the deal started to come together and then fell apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
But the official Chinese readout mentioned no such commitments — new phone, we’re sorry; Boeing who? — and even a minor trade deal to license U.S. meat imports, without guaranteeing them, immediately fell apart.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
And in spite of everything we threw at him, Cap never fell apart, or ratted us out, or even got mad.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
