collapse
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Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
To better understand why some populations recover while others continue to collapse, researchers studied common midwife toads living around four lakes in the Pyrenees of France and Spain that had all experienced severe Bd outbreaks.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The defence's main argument is that the bridge had a hidden construction defect, namely corrosion of the bridge's cables, and it was this that caused its collapse, not a lack of maintenance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Huddled under the arch, Torak prayed that it wouldn’t collapse.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But when it comes to predicting cliff collapses along California’s iconic shoreline, the science has been infamously tricky to pin down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The first earthquake would have weakened many structures, while the second shock likely caused additional collapses before occupants could escape.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Montalvo's nightmare is part of what industry insiders are calling one of the largest ticketing collapses in history.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He collapses in front of me and Lita.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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This comes as the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreement from June has collapsed in recent days.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Unfortunately, it won't bring them back," said Possetti, whose sister, nephew, niece, and brother-in-law died when pillar 9 of the bridge collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
And even a weaker AMOC, rather than a collapsed one, could reshape weather patterns across Europe and beyond.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It is not just base pricing, but volatility has collapsed as markets are in oversupply and batteries have successfully taken over the day-to-day work of gas plants,” Macquarie says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
They scrambled out of the water as the roof of the tunnel finally gave out and collapsed.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
However, it was bought over by beverage and medical cannabis company Tilray earlier this year after collapsing with debts of more than £500m, leading to hundreds of job losses.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Most of the stars in a globular cluster are born from the same collapsing cloud of gas, so they tend to be roughly the same age.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
A British mortgage company, Market Financial Solutions, is collapsing and facing accusations of fraud, the Journal reported in March, which might lead to losses for Apollo Global Management’s Atlas SP Partners and other lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
They shored up the building's foundations with wood and steel to prevent the partially destroyed structure from collapsing further.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Neil Young sings like a barn collapsing but his music’s epic.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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