succumbing

With Trump’s takeover and the country succumbing even faster to some form of fascism and autocracy, the American people are going to have their values, morals, character and personal relationships tested.

When biologists first encountered bats succumbing to the illness in caves near Albany, N,Y., in 2007, the fungus behind the destruction was unknown to science, according to federal officials.

“The sergeant had the presence of mind before succumbing to his injuries and going into shock to call for an ambulance for both himself and the suspect,” Casto said.

And that’s the even greater fear: That these institutions are not just succumbing to authoritarianism, they are advancing it.

Now the next generations are also succumbing to that uniquely modern version of existential despair... but experts say hope is not lost for any generation.