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"A lot of the roof trusses are quite highly fire-damaged so there's potential for internal collapse within that building above Escobar."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Without us, there is no one to hoist blame upon when the film reveals its layers, no one to compare to the film’s wide-eyed spectators of global collapse.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government in December 2024 had stranded thousands of Iraqis, mostly women and children, in a camp in Syria’s northeast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of destruction from the tsunami-like wall of freezing water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Greek universe, created by Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Ptolemy, survived long after the collapse of Greek civilization.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Successive column collapses generate pyroclastic density currents with the resulting deposits reaching several hundred meters in thickness, as they did in the last super-eruption.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

But by afternoon on a recent weekday, Josh Charles actually looks like he teleported to the past as he collapses into a seat inside his production trailer in upstate New York.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

That means that if the building’s elevator collapses or there is a fire that severely damages the building, homeowners are on the hook to pay for the repairs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

When I don’t say anything—too focused on keeping my chin from quivering—her smile collapses.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

A video posted by the police shows people digging through collapsed remains of a residential building in Pryluky.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

In Dana Point and Laguna Beach, south of Los Angeles, several houses have been left uninhabitable, and at least one has completely collapsed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The launch is nevertheless another sign of how Ukraine’s defense industry, which collapsed after the end of the Soviet Union, has again become among the world’s most sophisticated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

His clients on the street of shame included Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, the cryptocurrency fraud, which collapsed in 2022, costing investors billions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

She ran back to the house and nearly collapsed in the foyer, where the entry clock provided unwelcome news.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

"Protection cannot be reduced indefinitely without systems collapsing," said Dominique Hyde, UNHCR's external relations chief.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Farfetch narrowly avoided collapsing before it was sold to a South Korean company in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The Stinkpit, a rugged sprawl of collapsing tenement buildings adjacent to the Claw, probably wasn’t any safer.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older