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gone to pieces

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past participle of go to pieces

as in cracked

to yield to mental or emotional stress After the breakup of his marriage he completely went to pieces.

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lost it

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One question that scientists have puzzled over for years is whether Venus always lacked a moon, or if the hottest planet in the solar system once had a natural satellite and somehow lost it.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Valadao won a congressional seat in 2012, lost it in 2018, then won it back in 2020.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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