domino
Example Sentences
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The end of Sora is most certainly not the first domino or the bursting of the AI bubble.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"They're building a pipeline for the future, and they do not want this to be the first domino," she said, adding that they do not have a "huge incentive" to "perfectly" comply with the ban.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
The next pink domino to fall could be Colombia, which heads to elections in May, Egana predicts.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
Tricolor Holdings filed for bankruptcy in September, coming under a cloud of suspicion about its business practices and sparking fears of a domino effect on banks.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
We kids played among ourselves or circulated among the various groups, observing the domino game, snatching boiled chicken hearts or livers, carrying mysterious messages from the older boys to the older girls.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.