as in nervous breakdown
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Recent Examples of basket case
Credit Suisse has become a European banking basket case.
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
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Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
The village was literally a basket case, bereft of water, food and all hope.
—Steve West, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2022
Venezuela, another socialist basket case, slips to the second-most-miserable country in the world after six years in the pole position.
—Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
Today, a mere million dollars barely buys a Miura basket case.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basket case
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For some, watching Adams’ Mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown may trigger PTSD.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The entire affair smelled like a quasi-constitutional coup attempt authored by a desperate head of state whose intensive bickering with the National Assembly over everything from budgets to investigations had induced a nervous breakdown.Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Studies point to lower grades and higher rates of car accidents, athletic injuries, risky behaviors, substance abuse, obesity, depression, and anxiety.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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No place does this mix of anxiety and forward-looking techno-evangelism spring forth more profusely than at CES.Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
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Meteorologists are raising alarms over worsening polar vortex conditions that could bring extreme cold and widespread disruptions.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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In California's conservative Central Valley, alarm over Trump's deportation threats grow Mexican migration agency INM said in a separate statement that a third suspect, a Colombian national, was also detained.Jose Luis Gonzalez and Diego Ore, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024
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And in the House, with a likely 219-215 party breakdown, Republicans will also have little room for error — especially during the beginning of Trump's term, when three seats will be vacated by lawmakers leaving to serve in the executive branch.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Sugar Bowl Prop Bets Other New Year’s Day betting breakdowns included Ohio State-Oregon in the Rose Bowl.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Basket case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20case. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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