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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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Has the collapse of a corporate strategy ever been announced with such enthusiasm?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

That has teed up the biggest question hanging over the stock market right now: Will the AI trade collapse and take the entire market with it?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Trying to determine their state can cause that state to collapse, potentially erasing the very information scientists want to retrieve.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

But its collapse signalled the "death knell" for the department store format, said Jana Bowden, who teaches marketing at Macquarie University's Business School.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

It makes me more and more uneasy, like I’m standing on shaky ground that could collapse at any minute.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

One of Poundland's suppliers has said it will lose millions if the firm collapses.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The expansion was analogous to the Big Bang, while the contraction resembled a Big Crunch, a hypothetical fate of the universe in which cosmic expansion eventually reverses and everything collapses inward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The schisms at Westish are mirrored in Pella’s deteriorating relationship with Mike, which collapses during Owen’s glitzy destination wedding on Block Island, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Roof and building collapses are common in Pakistan, largely due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials in the South Asian nation of more than 240 million people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

A critical mass is reached, and now your soul collapses in upon itself.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Bloomberg said the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had collapsed around 16 percent this week, putting it on course for its worst run since April last year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

These associates had a golden ticket to Big Law—until Weil Gotshal collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

Contractors who witnessed the incident described seeing flames coming from the rear tyres of the lorry and Lloyd's boots before he collapsed.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Rachel Apa, a former Division I field hockey player and first-time marathon runner, died Sunday after she collapsed while participating in the New York City Marathon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The elf collapsed next to Wielaf and pulled him into a tight embrace.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Now, instead of collapsing, Black representation is expected to remain relatively steady in Congress.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

They won one game with Gardner before collapsing down the stretch with seven consecutive losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

It felt like all of Labuschagne's issues collapsing into one.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"It is in very poor condition, with falling, dangerous, and disease-infested trees and, importantly, a collapsing and hazardous seawall."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

I was apologizing as fast as I could and as many times as I could for breaking through the window and collapsing one end of the Drinkers’ Ping-Pong table.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor


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