as in nervous breakdown
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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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George's lawyer had said the student left Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu and transferred to another high school in a different Houston area district after suffering a nervous breakdown over the thought of facing another year of punishment.CBS News, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Broke and suffering a nervous breakdown, the title character moves in with her sister (Sally Hawkins) and blows up her life, too, affecting relationships and finally ending up with the only person who'll deal with her.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
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This exercise has freed me from the anxiety that comes with an always changing bank balance.AllBusiness, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Delta 9 can be used for a plethora of reasons, including to help with anxiety, insomnia, low appetite, muscle pain and nausea.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said in a social media post Monday that hospital staff responded within one minute to an alarm indicating a baby was in the box, which was installed earlier this year.CBS News, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Dystopian scenes of orange haze and buildings enveloped by fog emerge each year as smog season dominates the news, raising alarm as doctors warn of the risk of respiratory diseases and impacts on life expectancy.Noemi Cassanelli, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Medora, a great breakdown for us on this story as always.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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On the film side, the breakdown is $115.5 million a year on average for feature films, plus $10.56 million for independent films with budgets over $10 million and $15.84 million for independent films with budgets under $10 million.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Basket case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basket%20case. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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