collapse
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Then comes the pico de gallo, which may be one of the most underrated grocery-store shortcuts of all time: tomatoes, onion, cilantro and jalapeños already chopped and ready to collapse into something savory.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
Germany had started the process to sell most of its stake in energy giant Uniper, the government said Tuesday, more than three years after nationalising the company following its near collapse amid the Ukraine war.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Scientists recently analyzed the event using multiple types of remote sensing data and concluded that the glacier's shape and structure played a major role in the rapid collapse.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
While the increasing imbalance in the relationship between Moscow and Beijing represents a long-term weakness, any predictions of a collapse seem far-fetched, at least in the short-term.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
We wave goodbye to the others and then I collapse onto the couch.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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