crash
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So long as investors also stick with it over the long term, instead of selling during a crash and buying again during the next boom, they’ve done well out of it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Weeks later, Councilmember Raman and safe streets advocates who pushed for the project criticized Bass’s decision in the wake of a fatal crash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tadej Pogacar is knocked out of the Vuelta a España—and possibly the rest of the season—after a high-speed crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The two sons of a police officer killed in a crash on Teesside will lead out the Manchester United team as mascots for Sunday's Premier League match against Ipswich at Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Mrs. Wigginbottom suddenly dropped her ladle into the stew pot with such a crash, it silenced the group.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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A spokesperson for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it hasn’t identified any verified crashes or serious injuries caused by breaking sunroofs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
In July, NPR reported that the department had taken down important safety data about crashes involving cars and bicycles and pedestrians, which are used by city planners to figure out where to focus road improvements.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
After the deadly crashes, Boeing negotiated a “deferred prosecution agreement” with the Justice Department, which meant that criminal fraud charges would be dropped if the company avoided more scandals and accidents for three years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
For decades, the biggest risk to financial plans were external economic failures, like market crashes, inflation, interest rates, taxes, sequence of returns or bear markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Thor is a good nine feet away from it when its head crashes to the ground, but that is not far enough.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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Dolly Parton was heading home to Brentwood, Tenn., when she turned on the radio and almost crashed her Cadillac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
More excellent attacking play released Jordan down the right, and the recycled ball found skipper Savea, who crashed over to cut the gap to seven points with two minutes remaining.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker — a refueling and airlift plane — crashed over Western Iraq without being attacked, resulting in the death of six more U.S. service members, Central Command announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The exact sequence of events is still unclear, but on Wednesday morning, torrents of water and debris crashed downstream on both sides of the border.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
He was now doing this so well that, from January 2007 until the market crashed in September, Harding Advisory would be the world’s biggest subprime CDO manager.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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It said the torrent plummeted rapidly, forming a massive debris flow that travelled more than 20 kilometres before crashing into Gyirong Port.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Surveillance video from the Chinese side showed a wall of mud and water crashing over a building as terrified people ran away.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
“We’re just trying to keep kids from crashing into things and getting hurt,” Scheafer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Independent follows with the same picture of a wall of water crashing into buildings, homes and infrastructure.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Of leaping from a crashing plane, holding hands.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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