cascade
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Randy Cassingham, a passenger on board who runs a cruise blog, wrote that the disembarkation order followed a "cascade of problems".
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Morton describes the phenomenon as a "cascade" of tropical fires driven by rainfall disruptions associated with El Niño.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
This could set off a cascade of data-center halts and debt defaults, even as token demand increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Critics of full-body scans, meanwhile, view them as unnecessary, citing low clinical yield and a cascade of follow-up scans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The cascade that ran her mill was now underwater.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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On the kitchen walls, the “Lauenstein Yellow” tile cascades down into polychrome patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
"Ripple et al. argued that carnivore recovery produced one of the world's strongest trophic cascades," said Dr. Daniel MacNulty, lead author of the new analysis and a wildlife ecologist at Utah State University.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Advanced models can be copied in seconds and transmitted digitally, but centrifuge cascades can’t fit in a laptop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
"The longer it goes on, that kind of cascades into much bigger problems, particularly if there's not enough oil in general to run stuff."
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
A waterfall cascades into the pool from somewhere on the roof.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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An alert could have been cascaded to local GPs to be on the look out for cases as well as other local hospitals.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
The loss ended in suitably ugly fashion for Tottenham as their frustrated players became embroiled in a clash with Villa after the final whistle as boos cascaded from the stands.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
This approach relies on cascaded second-harmonic generation within nonlinear crystals, producing UV-C pulses that last only femtoseconds, less than 1 trillionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
“That’s the rumor,” she replied sarcastically, moments after the icons on her screen cascaded in glorious alignment, amounting to a sizable jackpot.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
Lydia’s hair cascaded across his chest, forming tributaries and estuaries.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council of Foreign Relations, speaks of a build-up of cascading, competing crises in Europe, none of which have ever been properly resolved, he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“I think the cascading hierarchy or critical path is now very much the network. And I think people have grossly underestimated the amount of infrastructure that’s going to be required,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Glaciers are retreating, permafrost and high-mountain slopes are becoming increasingly unstable, and communities and infrastructure downstream face growing risks from complex and cascading hazards," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
His hair was blond and cut long, cascading over his T-shirt.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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