demise

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China’s economic and military ascendance after the Soviet Union’s demise changed that thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Sora’s demise points to more than the collapse of a big-media financial deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Amid the white-out winters of New York, a man whose bones had never known the bite of cold found not a sanctuary but demise.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

Queens Park Rangers' demise was less nostalgia-tinged decline and more a combustible two-season spell fuelled by big reputations earning bigger bucks.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

If he had been healthy at the time of Alexander’s demise, everything would have been simple.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli