death throes
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A young man from Modesto heads to USC during the death throes of the studio system and ends up altering the course of Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
You are startled, later, to see the film footage of the tower itself, in its fiery death throes, as it plunged into the cathedral below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
“The Gilded Age” embarks on its third season as America writhes in what many believe to be its death throes.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
Ms Pierre feels the country is in its death throes.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
