domino effect

Example Sentences

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This has created “a domino effect that also strains hospitals and other care settings.”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

There are all these things that are a domino effect that you cannot predict.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

While the company has the means to fight in court, the domino effect from thousands of other pending cases could dampen investor enthusiasm for big AI advances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The latest blackout was due to an outage in a generating unit at one of the country's eight thermoelectric plants, triggering a domino effect in the system, according to authorities.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

Stack collapses weren’t that uncommon, and if the scaffold supports buckled at the wrong angle, the domino effect could bring down four or five of the neighboring stacks too.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline