downfall
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Lucent’s financial engineering was a major factor in its downfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The failure of Enron was a prime lesson in how related-party transactions can lead to a company’s downfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
But the accusation included in a story on Monday in Politico led to the almost instant downfall of his campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Wishing, therefore, to reply to these objections, I shall discuss the characteristics of several emperors, showing the reasons for their downfall, which are not different from those that I myself have already presented.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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
The four-part series chronicles Beckham’s early beginnings, career highlights, career downfalls and family life through interviews with Beckham and old footage.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2023
Their sudden downfalls could therefore be seen as a lack of judgement by the Chinese president.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
But these are ordinary downfalls, by the wrecks of which the busy haunts of commercial enterprise are paved; and we have other places to look in at.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 by William Chambers
