downfall
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It also led to the downfall of the administration of KP Sharma Oli, setting in motion a series of events that culminated with the election of youthful Prime Minister Balendra Shah in March.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
When the downfall of society occurs, though, Scott is of two minds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Joshua started at Harvard in the fall of 2004 in the midst of his father’s downfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
There are several factors which precipitated what many see as the downfall of Forest City.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Curiously, later in the tournament that “free” point almost led to his downfall.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Whether any of these downfalls will result in a re-examination of how men treat women writ large looks less likely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026
The soggy weather is expected to continue through Tuesday with the heaviest downfalls tapering off by midday Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2026
Preventing heavy rainfall tuning into deadly floods requires robust defences to deal with sudden intense downfalls.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
While this controversy is in its early stages, the breathless coverage related to this complaint generates a similar malevolent energy to the version that met the downfalls of Ellen DeGeneres and Martha Stewart before her.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2023
Fragments of columns, fragments of obelisks, broken by downfalls of which the mere imagination is awful, heads and head-dresses of giant divinities, all lie higgledy-piggledy in a disorder beyond possible redress.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines
