collapse
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Saxo doesn’t see a full combination of recession stress, disorderly yields and a broad earnings collapse, which are classic ingredients of a deeper bear-market signal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
She said: "This wasn't bad luck. It was a catastrophic collapse of responsibility. An undoubted miscarriage of justice that must now be addressed."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The scenario we can’t envision is Platner experiencing a collapse but staying in the race anyway.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
As parts of these clouds collapse under gravity, they create dense regions known as molecular cloud cores where new stars begin to take shape.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The scream builds inside, and I start kicking the leaves, the tree trunks, whatever is in my way until I slip and collapse onto a stump.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
The Great Depression and The New Deal
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"A Retrieved Reformation" by O. Henry
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