domino
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“Previous experience shows that once a country introduces restrictions there is a domino effect and that could fuel inflationary pressures,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He says that balance is “100% a predictor of longevity” partly because it initiates a domino effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The final theme is buy-now-pay-later companies, unloved and branded by some as “the next domino to fall,” alongside private credit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 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
Are the Downing Street dominoes about to fall?
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
If they slow the pace of their capital spending, construction contractors with comparatively weak balance sheets could feel the pain quickly, among other financial dominoes ready to fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Role player Jose Alvarado, a true son of the city, later spotted playing dominoes at Toñita’s social club in Brooklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Imagine setting up an elaborate chain of dominoes, where each piece must strike the next in perfect sequence to create a satisfying final outcome.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
Don Apolinar Moscote had trouble identifying that conspirator in high boots and with a rifle slung over his shoulder with the person he had played dominoes with until nine in the evening.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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
This process can be compared to falling dominos, but it is far more complex.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
While the dominos are falling at the parent company, these will fall short of triggering a collapse.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
All-time temperature records fell like dominos throughout the region.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
She wanted to visit the Plaza de Armas, where the old men played dominos and the coffee kiosk sold espresso so strong it made your ears pop.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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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