domino
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That failure trapped the 12-story building in an undetected, slow-motion domino effect that ultimately claimed 98 lives, concluding something that many engineers had long suspected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Speaking to the social club, it became apparent John was a regular - on one occasion being communicative enough to sell domino cards to another person, all captured on CCTV.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
This has created “a domino effect that also strains hospitals and other care settings.”
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
Thomas worries about the domino effect this oil crunch will have on everything else he buys, as the rising cost of transport pushes up the prices of everyday goods like food and clothing.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
The rectangular stone was the size of a domino, set in a thick gold band with delicate swirling patterns engraved on each side.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Near it is an incomplete set of animal-bone dominoes, carved from kitchen waste by Napoleonic prisoners of war with time to kill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Fidgets, weighted blankets, sensory dens and noise-cancelling headphones were on tap, as well as activities including chess and dominoes.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Nearby, their husbands and friends sat around a table playing dominoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing dominoes, sewing and spending time at the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
The old men were still playing dominoes, sitting on plastic milk crates, but the song on the small box had changed.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
Objects like dominos and leaves, which figure into the history of Caribbean imperialism, are fashioned from steel and wood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
"We hope, via the model, we can simulate this chain reaction to understand how to stop it, like a hand in between the dominos tiles," says Sansavini.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
All-time temperature records fell like dominos throughout the region.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
The club used to have gaming machines, a pool table and a dart board but the big thing, John said, was dominos.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023
Manny and the other old guys who played dominos in the lot had immediately declared war on it.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing domino
"The American Pageant," Vocabulary from Chapters 36-37
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"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 22
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