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cascade

[kas-keyd] / kæsˈkeɪd /




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Once inside the park before 8 a.m., their first stop was the Bridalveil Fall Trail, a short trek that takes visitors right to the base of the thundering cascade.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

This suggests even a modest market correction could trigger a cascade of forced selling.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

One involved mountain lions, deer, and plant life, a relationship known as a tri-trophic cascade.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

If he does, the obvious destination is Mercedes, which would lead to a cascade of driver moves.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

DuShawn is standing, too, but the way his baggy pants cascade from hip to floor he looks like a question mark next to Tonni’s exclamation point.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

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

It is hard to imagine that Iran’s centrifuge cascades survived the intense bombing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 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

But the detonation creates some tectonic shift in the building’s rubble, and there is a snap followed by multiple cascades in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The study also demonstrated that these artificial neurons can be linked together, or "cascaded," into larger networks.

From Science Daily Jun. 12, 2026

Her hair cascaded down her back in curls.

From Barron's Feb. 2, 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

James cascaded his directives down the chain of command through emails and intermediaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

And she also did this fancy sweep of a curtsy, so that the fluffy skirt of her white dress cascaded slowly to the floor like the petals of a large carnation.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

Some of the renovations have been successful; fountains are running anew, including the long-dormant cascading water feature at the city’s popular Meridian Hill Park.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

“The sequence was a complex, cascading process driven by a combination of long-term historical stress and immediate stress transfer,” Nalbant said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Rather than being limited to isolated shortages, disruptions in one country or production stage can spread through the network, triggering cascading failures across multiple regions and industries.

From Science Daily Jun. 20, 2026

Osaka arrived on Court Suzanne Lenglen with a black corset and cascading pleated skirt that swept dramatically over the red clay.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Now a great wind blew the rain sideways, cascading the water from the forest trees.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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