Sentences with phrase «near collapse until»

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The revelation of Clegg's near resignation and subsequent attempt to force him out comes as part of a Guardian investigation into the collapse of the party that was in government until just over a month ago.

30 to 40 of these horses were said to collapse on the side of the road every day until their corpses were eventually hulled to Barren Island, a small island near the Rockaways in Brooklyn inhabited by Black, Irish, Italian and Polish communities.

Overtopping, failure and collapse, from a severe storm and neglect, caused the May 31, 1889 failure of South Fork Dam near Johnstown, Pa., killing 2,209 people — the largest US disaster until 9/11 (Ward 2011).