collapse
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“We are low-keying it with Iran,” he told a reporter with Axios in a phone call on Sunday, meaning that he’s just waiting for Iran to collapse.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
That timing supports the conclusion that natural selection associated with diet, rather than the later population collapse, was responsible for the genetic pattern seen today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Viral images of 72,000 migrants stampeding into Ceuta looked like a security collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Its original purpose was to generate revenue for the Revolutionary Armed Forces and bring in hard currency during the island's "Special Period," a profound crisis in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Uncle Bob was on the verge of an emotional collapse.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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"Human casualties, building collapses, road damage, fires... have been confirmed so far," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on X, adding there were also "water and power outages".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
It isn’t as if she doesn’t have several plans B. And it gives “Techniquely” a winningly informal bouquet, especially when the jokes fall flat and she collapses, mock-groaning, on the cutting board.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The first approach uses hydrodynamic cavitation, which creates and collapses tiny vapor bubbles in contaminated water.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Root's unbeaten 76 at Edgbaston kept England in contention, with a 121-run partnership with Liam Dawson coming between collapses of 6-107 and 4-30, while an undefeated 99 in Cardiff anchored England's successful chase.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“See, they’ve modified it so it collapses and you can sit down. Isn’t that just marvelous? And look at the silhouette.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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By the time the bubble burst, the industry was sitting on huge amounts of unused “dark fiber,” which collapsed prices and crushed heavily indebted operators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Video posted on social media showed the collapsed spire of a church in Manizales.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Watch to see how Infantino’s proposal collapsed, and what the future holds for soccer’s governing body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then they heaved themselves up, staggered away from the ice cliffs, and collapsed in a drift .of powdery snow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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These are the conditions that historically have made for collapsing popular faith in the system and demands for something radical to replace it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The prime minister said making more prisoners exempt was not possible without the prison system collapsing and putting the public "at much greater risk".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Jones Trading’s Michael O’Rourke wants us to pay attention to collapsing AI-token prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The fire broke out on June 17, burning for more than a week and collapsing the 500,000-square-foot facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Eugenia sobbed harder, collapsing into Moss’s shoulder, and Moss wasn’t certain he could stay upright much longer.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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