downfall
Example Sentences
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There were more raised eyebrows in early January when a mystery trader earned more than $400,000 betting on the downfall of Maduro.
Prediction markets let people wager on a basketball game or a presidential election — and recently, the downfall of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
From Los Angeles Times
Hehir told the Metro: "I'm not a guy who attacks people, but I will defend people in trouble, which has unfortunately proved to be my downfall."
From BBC
It’s also illogical: Why should we mourn the downfall of such a system?
She won a 2017 Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing, or Sabew, award for her coverage of the retail industry in crisis, including a series of stories about the downfall of Sears.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
