bite the dust
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The fervor goes beyond the historic rivalry between Pele's Brazil and Diego Maradona's Argentina: Mexico, Colombia, Chile and others are all hoping Lionel Messi's Albiceleste bite the dust on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Citing inflationary pressures and slumping enrollment, Cazenovia College in central New York will close at the end of the school year, making it among the latest to bite the dust.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
The hopes of eight more nations will bite the dust after the first knockout round, which includes England against Senegal and BBC football expert Chris Sutton's adopted nation, Japan.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
Should City’s woes continue, or put another way should Guardiola persist in playing a high defensive line with Nicolás Otamendi at the heart of it, another pre-season theory will soon bite the dust.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2019
Others soon realize the repulsiveness of the black shadows that enthrall them and bite the dust in anguish in their struggle to be free.
From Politics of Alabama by Joseph C. (Joseph Columbus) Manning
