His increasingly difficult position shows how far the ground has shifted in recent weeks.

Around them, on both sides of the road, the ground shifted.

While the politicians are fighting, the very ground is shifting under their feet.

It is also true that the middle ground sometimes shifts as the national mood changes.

But there is no doubt that the ground has shifted under their feet.

Suddenly the ground shifted and a crack opened in the floor.

"It seems to me the ground may have shifted this year," he said.

It isn't difficult to understand why the political ground has shifted so quickly.

In between the two trials, though, the legal ground had shifted.

Few of them seem to have noticed how the ground has shifted.