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downfall

[doun-fawl] / ˈdaʊnˌfɔl /


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Over 104 games, a bunch of questionable VAR calls, another heartbreaking downfall by Mexico and a brilliant goal by Spain’s Ferran Torres, I learned why soccer is the world’s most popular sport.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

In adapting the premise for TV, series creator Nick Antosca dilutes the movies’ naked menace by pouring reasonable doubt into both Max’s profile and that of the Bowdens, the married lawyers behind his downfall.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Adorni blamed the media for his downfall in a letter to Milei posted to X Saturday night.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

In Gdansk, she also met Poland's ex-president Lech Walesa, who led the 1980s Solidarity movement that provoked the downfall of the Communist regime in Warsaw.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

I could have told you this at the height of his reputation, just as I could have predicted his downfall after a few short years in the limelight.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

One of the company’s downfalls was not having enough self-branded products, Lotman said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2024

What will be so frustrating for Arsenal and Liverpool is they were both architects of their own downfalls with desperately poor performances just when they needed victory most.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2024

While this controversy is in its early stages, the breathless coverage related to this complaint generates a similar malevolent energy to the version that met the downfalls of Ellen DeGeneres and Martha Stewart before her.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2023

But these are ordinary downfalls, by the wrecks of which the busy haunts of commercial enterprise are paved; and we have other places to look in at.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 by Chambers, William




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