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shambles

Brit dialect a row of covered stalls or shops where goods, originally meat, are sold
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MANILA -- Many of the historic churches in Bohol are now in shambles after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake devastated the province, Tagbilaran Bishop Leonardo Medroso told Radyo Inquirer 990AM on Wednesday.
"If it doesn't happen in my career as Edinburgh has no indoor arena it will be a shambles."
Green MSP Ross Greer condemned the Brexit "shambles" after the New Zealand Herald reported that EU withdrawal had not helped Scotland's pitch for the series.
The DC visited the offices of the Sialkot Municipal Corporation and Sialkot District Council situated in the crumbling and cracked rooms in their ancient buildings, which were in the shambles with high fears of their sudden collapse as well.
But becoming a complete shambles is another matter.
Dean Maddox OH yes things don't change here, a major international airport and it's a shambles. God knows what visitors must think.
Gillingham 0 AFC Wimbledon 1 STEVE LOVELL is glad Gillingham have the chance to quickly bounce back from a 'shambles' of a defeat.
There are clear, irreconcilable differences within the Conservative Party over their vision for Britain's future relationship with Europe which has led to this Tory Brexit shambles.
Clr Keith Wakefield, leader of Leeds City Council, damned the litany of late services and cancellations as "a massive omni shambles".
Wesley Crawford Most of the match was a shambles. Proves the fringe players ain't up to scratch and need higher level of rugby, so need to bring Wales A team back to blood these players Gareth Jones We always seem to play at the same levels as the opponent.
Cardiff is scrapping its bus station plan and starting all over again TOTAL shambles, all these budget cuts in Cardiff and all this cash spend for ...
Transport is a shambles I WRITE regarding the Daily Post front page headline (August 20) - 'Day of Chaos on A55'.
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