collapse
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The scenario we can’t envision is Platner experiencing a collapse but staying in the race anyway.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
The overall destruction, paired with the collapse of a major alliance, made 2025 a defining year for the game.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
As parts of these clouds collapse under gravity, they create dense regions known as molecular cloud cores where new stars begin to take shape.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Like many plots of land in Albania, the area is subject to property disputes dating back to the collapse of communism in the 1990s.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
A thought crossed Ben’s mind: These people believed that the collapse of the subprime mortgage market was unlikely precisely because it would be such a catastrophe.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
The Great Depression and The New Deal
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