tatters
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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
Just weeks later, that career lay in tatters.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
"The lawyer's credibility is in tatters -- but there are cases where lawyers still win, despite the hallucinations, because they were right on the merits," he explained.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Space is full of dangerous cosmic rays that in the absence of magnetic protection would tear through our bodies, leaving much of our DNA in useless tatters.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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