in tatters
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Without Kate, Hal and the stalwart staff surrounding them, our international relations may very well be in tatters.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
But whatever he actually believes, Sheeran’s long-cultivated neutrality is in tatters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the show’s final galleries, we find Whistler once again roaming—to Amsterdam, Italy and elsewhere—but the small scale and reduced scope of his work suggest a career in tatters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
But building the specialized aircraft is a time-consuming process, made harder by a nine-year production gap that left the complex supply chain in tatters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
And it seemed to him he led an old outcast, a beggar man, leaning most painfully upon a stick, his poor cloak, all in tatters, looped about him.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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