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shambles

noun as in a mess

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Biden, like Obama and Bill Clinton before him, was faced with the challenge of rescuing an economy that his Republican predecessor had left in shambles.

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It was an utter shambles of a drill.

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All along we were watching Lois’ coma dream, and she wakes up to a life in shambles.

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Millions of customers, surfers and bathers have joined a chorus that former pop star Feargal Sharkey has been singing for years - that the sector is a “chaotic shambles”.

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The country has been without a president for two years, meaning it has no commander in chief of the army or effective way to deal with an economy in shambles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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