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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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A bitcoin-mining business that appeared left for dead after the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire is being resuscitated to serve the artificial-intelligence build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Emergency repairs and cleanup were underway Monday in California's wave-battered city of Long Beach, where several homes appeared on the brink of collapse and remained too dangerous to enter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The yellow house on Seaside Walk began to collapse Sunday morning, according to two Long Beach Fire Department lifeguards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Still, the risk isn’t that stocks suddenly collapse, but that money slowly drifts elsewhere, Rizzuto told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Do you want him to collapse inside of himself?”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

It’s one of the most epic collapses for a league champion in MLS history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Extremely small black holes could arise from special critical states in which even a tiny addition of energy can determine whether the system disperses or collapses.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

It might seem a bit academic to worry about what will happen when the universe collapses again, as it will not start to contract for at least another ten thousand million years.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

She was 59 when she collapsed during a Christmas holiday in Spain, lost consciousness, stopped breathing and had no pulse or heartbeat after suffering a cardiac arrest.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A trio of storms since early September has put considerable strain on the historic Long Beach boardwalk, which collapsed further between 64th and 65th Place on Seaside Walk during a weekend of heavy surf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

After 150,000 union members across the country refused to handle any Pullman railcars on any railroad, the U.S. transportation system collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The NCP business collapsed in March 2026 after a sustained period of declining performance left it unable to pay its debts.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

From the time Bear Stearns’s subprime hedge funds had collapsed, in June 2007, the market was asking questions about the rest of Bear Stearns.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

During the earliest stage of solar system formation, the collapsing cloud of gas and dust may have generated a plasma containing charged particles.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to proceed with an unpopular economic overhaul despite his collapsing popularity and recent electoral routs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The newspaper said the parties have discussed compromises, including agreeing to keep Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. film studios separate for a period of time rather than immediately collapsing them into one unit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Two 25-year-old men have died after collapsing during the Great North Run, the event's organiser said.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

In that way, Duane managed to complete his journeys without collapsing from sheer exhaustion.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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