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cascade

[kas-kayd] / kæsˈkeɪd /




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Randy Cassingham, a passenger on board who runs a cruise blog, wrote that the disembarkation order followed a "cascade of problems".

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

However, Mittelman is quick to point out that DNA technology can only go so far before "a cascade of investigative steps" are needed.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

This could set off a cascade of data-center halts and debt defaults, even as token demand increases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Critics of full-body scans, meanwhile, view them as unnecessary, citing low clinical yield and a cascade of follow-up scans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

First a cascade of shrew-like creatures with canine fangs, soaking wet, a dozen of them, and then a great horde of what looked like large green-horned squirrels, wailing and crying out—“Run! Run!” —as they went.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

On the kitchen walls, the “Lauenstein Yellow” tile cascades down into polychrome patterns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Advanced models can be copied in seconds and transmitted digitally, but centrifuge cascades can’t fit in a laptop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"The longer it goes on, that kind of cascades into much bigger problems, particularly if there's not enough oil in general to run stuff."

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

"Upvotes reward what a community likes, not what is true, so you can get information cascades, groupthink, and strong echo chambers in certain subreddits."

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Water cascades down, down, down from all sides of the square, swirling, pooling, and descending into another deeper, darker, blacker square.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The trauma of that experience was probably far deeper and more injurious than we wanted to admit, so we just sort of sleepwalked as events cascaded around us, feeling emotionally distanced and impotent.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

The study also demonstrated that these artificial neurons can be linked together, or "cascaded," into larger networks.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

The loss ended in suitably ugly fashion for Tottenham as their frustrated players became embroiled in a clash with Villa after the final whistle as boos cascaded from the stands.

From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026

The boys yanked their strings and water cascaded down, not only on the Yugoslavians but also on some German police cadets who were trying to quiet them down.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Powerful waves thrashed communities along California's southern coast Friday, damaging homes and sending water cascading through streets as residents braced for more potential damage wrought by Tropical Storm Rachel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Vineyards’ pain is cascading across California, where some four-fifths of America’s wine is grown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

At the same time, warming is destabilising permafrost - permanently frozen ground that can thaw as temperatures rise - and high mountain slopes, increasing the possibility of cascading hazards, the report says.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Like the way Maybeth looked like a princess when she circled under the cascading lights of the carousel.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt


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