collapsed
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The collapsed building was constructed in 1930, according to city records, and included a mix of residential and commercial units.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Two members of France's elite Republican Guard collapsed almost simultaneously outside the Elysee Palace as President Emmanuel Macron welcomed his Slovak counterpart, according to televised images and a presidential source.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
She added that people from the collapsed building and also the construction site had been trapped.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Global trade plummeted, and world growth in 2001 collapsed to just 2%, consistent with a global recession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Then she collapsed into the arms of the women around her.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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