shambles

Example Sentences

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Under US pressure, she is grappling with leading a country saddled with the world's largest proven oil reserves but an economy in shambles.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

"It was just a shambles on the day that she died," Kay said.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Experts say these policy shifts have broken a student loan system that was already in shambles, leaving nearly 45 million borrowers, disproportionately women, in financial and emotional distress.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Much of the Chicago public school system is in shambles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Almost no new furniture, two bedrooms turned into the familiar shambles of clothes and books, not the slightest domestic touch in the apartment.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz