collapse
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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
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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
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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
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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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