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In the hardest-hit cities, several buildings were marked with a red "X" to warn of the risk of collapse and prohibit pedestrian access.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some had trees growing through fallen roofs, one had a wasp nest peeking out the window, and many had red diamonds indicating they were at risk of collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

"The current model of providing emergency general surgery across two sites is becoming increasingly unsustainable and our preference is for a planned and managed change to avoid potential service collapse," the spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Excuse me while I collapse — not from some migra man buzzing me with their new toy, but from laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Luckily for us, stars don’t collapse because there is another force at work: nuclear fusion.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

This version simmers ripe peaches with honey and whole black peppercorns until the fruit collapses and the syrup turns fragrant, floral and just a little prickly.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Overnight on Monday into Tuesday, several people several people spent the night outdoors in cities like Pereira and Cali - either due to their homes being destroyed, or fear of further collapses.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

This is especially true when the inequality persists intergenerationally: Social mobility declines and public belief in opportunity for all collapses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

"Human casualties, building collapses, road damage, fires... have been confirmed so far," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on X, adding there were also "water and power outages".

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

It is much more like a factory, where masses of people must do every step right, on time, together, or the whole system collapses.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

By July 30, when the fund was forced to negotiate a bailout deal with Citadel, shares in the two semiconductor plays had plunged — Sandisk had collapsed 43% and Micron 24%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

She was about to leave for a dentist appointment when the disaster struck and her building collapsed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

After at least a dozen applicants collapsed and died during the run, possibly from the heat, the government temporarily suspended the tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Bang, who won her first professional event in just her fifth start earlier this year, was preparing for a tournament in Thailand on 1 August when she collapsed.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

When one collapsed, they all collapsed, because they were all driven by the same broader economic forces.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But with populations still collapsing across Africa, he knows protecting them will require much more than one community.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Tattoo artist Andres Hernandez said he was worried about his family and friends, adding that he would stay awake because structures around him were "on the verge of collapsing."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The situation with warehouses collapsing one after another shows that this strategy was, overall, the wrong one.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"They're gone," I said, collapsing to my knees.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda