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as in deteriorations
a change to a lower state or level
the sad dégringolade of the holiday from a solemn day of remembrance to just another excuse to go shopping
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as in demises
a loss of status
a sad dégringolade for a theater company that once premiered important American plays
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
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SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company Musk founded in 2002, has endured a few more fiery demises of the mammoth Starship rocket since that explosive debut.
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No reason was provided for the shops’ demises.
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Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.
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The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
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After several players, including Addison Barger and Anthony Santander, dealt with setbacks, Daulton Varsho recently left a game with left wrist discomfort, adding to the team's woes.
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Retirement often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, triggered by health setbacks or corporate downsizing.
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The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.
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There's been some stumbling plays, thwarted by tripping and dramatic falls.
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At this outlet — a falls made of lacy terraces — Duke Kobe, our 19-year-old guide that day, caught his 5¼-pounder.
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Numerous theories have been thrown around to try shedding light on the more recent declines among males.
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But those plans got shelved, first due to the recession and later due to countywide enrollment declines.
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What appears to be a series of dramatic personal downfalls is in fact part of a broader pattern shaped by the country’s political system.
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Lushly photographed and boosted by a few killer tracks, Daisy Jones & the Six delivers the lurid delights and downfalls of a satisfying behind-the-music tale.
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“Dégringolades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/d%C3%A9gringolades. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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