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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

The team combined field work, seismic and satellite data to reconstruct a domino chain of events and trace the height of the wave.

From BBC ● May 6, 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

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

Nearby, their husbands and friends sat around a table playing dominoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The exiles, who hang paintings of their activist heroes at Chagos Refugees Group headquarters in Pointe aux Sables and slap down dominoes outside of the Chagos Boutique in Tombeau Bay, have tried to fight back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 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

And on nights when the power went out, Cubans gathered in the street to play dominoes or sing classic songs a cappella.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

And Papá is out playing dominoes after a day of work selling men’s shirts door-to-door.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

"It's an absolute mess, especially when there's wind and the barriers collapse like dominos, creating even more risk," he added.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025

"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

There are a lot of dominos still to fall, but Harris’ track record across two major North American franchises offers insight into how the Commanders might operate differently under someone other than Dan Snyder.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 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