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Meanings of once-proud in English

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Usage of once-proud in English
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Greedy employers have stripped profitable and once-proud newspaper titles of their assets.
The Guardian
2
My once-proud brain chased its tail and caught nothing but air.
Dearly Devoted Dexter
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The once-proud school and health systems began to crumble.
The Guardian
4
The once-proud Grambling State University football team forfeited their game last Saturday in Jackson, MS.
Ebony
5
The majestic ruins of its once-proud palace, stand on a green meadow behind the town.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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Today the once-proud workshop comprises decaying building materials, washed-up trash and a few abandoned boats.
BBC
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It was beyond stupid; it was completely unworthy of the attention of my once-proud brain.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
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But is that possible, after everything that has happened to the band, and its once-proud loyalists?
Wired
9
They saw very little of any over the last two seasons as a once-proud club disintegrated.
The Guardian
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The once-proud Victorian church with its stained-glass windows and walnut pews had long since fallen into ruin.
When darkness comes
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He could even see the patches on her forecourse, and the pointing sword of a once-proud figurehead.
Second to None
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The twister wandered through what remained of the once-proud city as if searching for something to kill.
RUNNER
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Arsenal have slowly chipped away at Liverpool's once-proud lead too, coming up on the rail with 13 titles.
The Guardian
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The once-proud program is coming off a 29-21 loss to then-No.
Reuters
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The once-proud man cringed in fear.
When darkness comes
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It showed the Tezerenee scattered about the landscape, their bloody corpses all that remained of the once-proud clan.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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