collapse
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The miners spend a fortune on equipment, causing stocks to collapse since the mine makes very little profit early on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
A 2024 study in Scientific Reports examined the collapse and found that communities built primarily around information exchange were hit hardest.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
That tone carried through again here, as the incident became another example of how quickly false or mistaken reports can circulate and how quickly they can collapse under correction and context.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
"We've seen people storm through and seen people collapse," Faldo, who famously clawed back Greg Norman's six-shot lead after 54 holes in 1996, said on Sky Sports.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Hazel also knew that the instant her own concentration wavered and that darkness touched her, she would collapse.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
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