chips are down
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Shares in CoreWeave, which builds data centers with Nvidia chips, are down 26% since it revealed a delay last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
“The chips are down, but that’s not necessarily a powerless place,” Swinton says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
When the chips are down — when he can’t get a solo career off the ground or a regular gig — Slick checks his ego and sells timeshares to make ends meet.
From Salon • May 31, 2024
When the chips are down and when it really matters at a major tournament against the best in the world, will we win no matter what?
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2022
But, now the chips are down, the people have funked out on me.
From Generals Help Themselves by Pease, M. C.