cascade
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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
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
Meanwhile, Verstappen was making his way up from eighth place after a qualifying session in which a cascade of problems had prevented him qualifying second to Russell.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The team evaluated each possible cascade using three measures: how frequently the first medication was prescribed, how often a second medication followed it, and how strongly the two prescriptions appeared to be connected.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Meanwhile, the cascade effect that has left more than twenty-three million people without running water shows no sign of abating. For more, we take you to Donavan Lee in Silverlake.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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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
It comes undone and cascades down her back.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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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
That cascaded through other stocks tied to artificial intelligence, with Micron Technology and AMD sliding 7.7% and 3.6%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Her hair cascaded down her back in curls.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
A bright green shape flashed past, and then the branch shook again and a flurry of leaves cascaded in a slow, circular downpour around them.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council of Foreign Relations, speaks of a build-up of cascading, competing crises in Europe, none of which have ever been properly resolved, he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Glaciers are retreating, permafrost and high-mountain slopes are becoming increasingly unstable, and communities and infrastructure downstream face growing risks from complex and cascading hazards," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Daryl Caudle made news in January when he said he would oppose extending the USS Gerald Ford’s deployment, owing to the cascading consequences for maintenance and crew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
A voice she recognizes even before she turns to find Marco standing behind her, completely drenched in rain, droplets cascading from the brim of his bowler hat.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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