collapsed
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Lex Greensill, the financier whose eponymous lending firm collapsed in 2021, was banned by U.K. regulators from serving on company boards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The investment bank collapsed in 2008, triggering a global financial crisis.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Lex Greensill, whose lending firm collapsed in 2021, received a nine-year ban from U.K. regulators from serving on company boards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Waters said, while there was "no single reason why Labour collapsed... confronting the extent and the depth of the defeat is the first thing".
From BBC • May 31, 2026
She made to stand—and then collapsed before he could catch her, falling onto her side, scraping the left of her cheek and chin on the ground.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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