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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

Morton describes the phenomenon as a "cascade" of tropical fires driven by rainfall disruptions associated with El Niño.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 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

A train rattled along the ancient metal caterpillar over Fulton Street and sent a cascade of rainwater onto the exiting crowd.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

The new building is part of the main Yongbyon nuclear complex, and reportedly capable of housing up to 28 centrifuge cascades used to enrich uranium.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

The analysis further argues that comparisons with trophic cascades around the world relied on equilibrium assumptions that do not fit Yellowstone's still recovering, non equilibrium ecosystem.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

It is hard to imagine that Iran’s centrifuge cascades survived the intense bombing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Jim Paxon remembers the roar as water cascaded down the dam’s spillway, tossing mist into the air and churning the ground below.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The downpour cascaded into subway stations and flooded city streets in parts of New York and the Tri-State area, which also includes Connecticut, while some drivers abandoned their vehicles in rising water.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

Her hair cascaded down her back in curls.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

The front of the tank had blown off and a thousand gallons of water had cascaded into Herod Sayle’s office.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

“I think the cascading hierarchy or critical path is now very much the network. And I think people have grossly underestimated the amount of infrastructure that’s going to be required,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

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

The exemptions are, in some respects, similar to the treatment of manufacturers’ purchases on inputs to factories, which is designed to prevent cascading layers of the same tax on the same product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

I would help him pick out flat rocks to skip atop the chilly water cascading down the creek.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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