- present tense form of shamble (3rd person singular).
shambles
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His Bedouin ancestors earned great wealth pearl diving—until foreign farmed pearls tanked the market and left the local economy in shambles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"As a still developing country we have limited containment capacity... Our public health sector is in shambles," said a nurse in Nairobi, who asked for anonymity.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Behind the scenes, Gibbard’s personal life was in shambles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
As big a shambles as it is possible to imagine - on and off the field.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
He saw Brother Eugene still standing there in the midst of the shambles, tears actually running down his cheeks.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
Vocabulary lists containing shambles
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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The Odyssey
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