collapse
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"What is happening today is the complete collapse of the community as a result of the settlers' continuous and repeated attacks," Farhan Jahaleen, a Bedouin from the village, told AFP in January.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The researchers argue that the performance collapse seen in these experiments points to fundamental limitations in today's large language models.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Many observers in the 1990s believed that the communist collapse in Central and Eastern Europe would spread globally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Christian Eriksen is "in good spirits" following his collapse against Ukraine and is expected to be discharged from hospital soon, says Denmark's national team doctor Morten Boesen.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The first was that they had stumbled into the market very late, just before its collapse, and after a handful of other money managers.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
The Great Depression and The New Deal
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