come unstuck
Example Sentences
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But many family-run businesses come unstuck because they focus on short-term moneymaking, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Over the last couple of years, the long-term political parallels between the U.S. and the United Kingdom seem to have come unstuck.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
The good news is that last month, the Federal Reserve entered rate- cutting mode, meaning that sooner or later these great traffic jams of consumer wealth could come unstuck.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
However, for the most part England's wingers looked isolated, mimicking the way Manchester City's wingers have come unstuck this season without overlapping full-backs to draw attention.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
It begins like this: Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
