decline and fall
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Until the decline and fall of its benefactor, the Soviet Union, Cuba had an army of more than 200,000 soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
There’s actually some solace in reading about, say, the decline and fall of empires from earlier times.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023
The differences between mules and donkeys are illuminated here, as are the decline and fall of pack animals in the armed forces and the poignancy of a young girl's devotion to her homing pigeons.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 31, 2021
Speaking from the Colosseum in Rome, he invoked the collapse of the Roman Empire as he said the world was "absolutely conniving in our decline and fall".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
What were the real reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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