domino effect
Example Sentences
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There is the distinct risk of a domino effect given the thousands of other pending cases against the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The selloff may have been exacerbated by a domino effect of investors trying to front-run selling their shares, in Gastwirth’s opinion.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
The raid’s domino effect has raised concerns about the welfare of children in affected households.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Understanding of tipping points has improved since the last report, its authors said, allowing for greater confidence in estimating when one might spark a domino effect of catastrophic and often irreversible disasters.
From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025
If just one of them moved, I thought, the domino effect could engulf the three of us in an asphyxiating mass of literature.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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