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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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That price collapse accelerated the bankruptcy of numerous long-haul fiber companies.

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

Thames Water, the UK's biggest water company, owes roughly £20bn to lenders and has been working with creditors and government officials to prevent collapse.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Public transportation has largely ground to a halt, and the repeated collapse of the national power grid plunges the entire island into darkness for days at a time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Then he continued running until he really did collapse.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

Woo collapses on the ground, his tiny chest rising and falling erratically.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

Young returned to the spotlight earlier this year following a five-month hiatus after she collapsed on stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The entire Italian front collapsed, depriving the Italians of gains they had won at great cost during the past two years.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

Christian Eriksen has left Wolfsburg by mutual consent, just over three months after collapsing during Denmark's friendly with Ukraine.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Further south, at least seven homes in Dana Point were declared uninhabitable after the coast on which they sit rapidly eroded, with one house collapsing into the sea.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

How on earth was his government supposed to have stopped that bridge collapsing?

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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