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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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Has the collapse of a corporate strategy ever been announced with such enthusiasm?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Trying to determine their state can cause that state to collapse, potentially erasing the very information scientists want to retrieve.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

“That tells me this is still more of a repricing of expectations than a collapse in the AI growth story.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

As he did with Roma, coach Gian Piero Gasperini saw his team establish a two-goal lead by half-time, then collapse.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Within a few months after the match ended, Vasiljevic’s financial house of cards began to collapse.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The expansion was analogous to the Big Bang, while the contraction resembled a Big Crunch, a hypothetical fate of the universe in which cosmic expansion eventually reverses and everything collapses inward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Mark Hulbert found that stocks have tended to move sideways ahead of previous market tops, rather than experiencing spectacular collapses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The schisms at Westish are mirrored in Pella’s deteriorating relationship with Mike, which collapses during Owen’s glitzy destination wedding on Block Island, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

He collapses with a scream, and I am exposed.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Bloomberg said the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had collapsed around 16 percent this week, putting it on course for its worst run since April last year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Gareth Hopkins, 43, a paramedic from Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, collapsed during the race on 26 April when his heart stopped due to severe rhabdomyolysis, caused by overheating.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Four minutes later, the wild predator had collapsed into a limp, furry noodle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Rachel Apa, a former Division I field hockey player and first-time marathon runner, died Sunday after she collapsed while participating in the New York City Marathon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

A few seconds later, she found the stairs herself, and she crawled up after the little dog and collapsed onto the carpet of the second floor.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Now, instead of collapsing, Black representation is expected to remain relatively steady in Congress.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

They won one game with Gardner before collapsing down the stretch with seven consecutive losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

This sharp increase suggests that the pathogen arrived and spread through the local amphibian community around the same time that frog populations were collapsing.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

But it faces three threats: rivals that are catching up, prices that are collapsing, and bills that keep climbing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

How on earth was his government supposed to have stopped that bridge collapsing?

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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