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

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

But the judge disagreed because Pesarik’s records were a shambles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

This latest shambles against the Springboks might well strengthen the WRU's hand that something has to be done.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

It was not wide enough either to carry all the transport for an offensive and the Austrians could make a shambles out of it.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway