downfall

But the downfall in question is constant and torrential and suddenly everyone around is sealed inside his or her house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

McCarthy rode the furor created by his speech to the heights of political celebrity, and ultimately to his own downfall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The verdict marked the latest chapter in the downfall of Nygard, the Finnish-born son of a baker who built the women’s fashion empire Nygard International from scratch in 1967 and led a hard-partying lifestyle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

“Yeah. And he said, ‘Soon we shall have the most important monster of all—the one that shall bring about the downfall of Olympus.’

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

One of the company’s downfalls was not having enough self-branded products, Lotman said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

What will be so frustrating for Arsenal and Liverpool is they were both architects of their own downfalls with desperately poor performances just when they needed victory most.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024

While this controversy is in its early stages, the breathless coverage related to this complaint generates a similar malevolent energy to the version that met the downfalls of Ellen DeGeneres and Martha Stewart before her.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023

Through wars, insurrections, revolutions, downfalls, Spanish, Mexican, civil, ecclesiastical, her standpoint, her poise, remained the same.

From Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson