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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

But one of the downfalls certainly has been how divisive some of the language is.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

The history of Silicon Valley is full of big bets and abrupt downfalls, but rarely has anyone traded his reputation for seemingly so little reward.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Preventing heavy rainfall tuning into deadly floods requires robust defences to deal with sudden intense downfalls.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024

And the reverse is true: half the downfalls have come from those same juniors, who thought they knew some short road to success, which half the time was across disreputable back lots.

From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Smith, Francis Hopkinson