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The heavily leveraged LTCM’s threatened collapse prompted Wall Street firms to organize a rescue coordinated by the New York Fed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Paramount also faces a potential $7-billion payment to Warner Bros. should the merger collapse by next summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Is this evidence of a collapse of Spanish sovereignty?

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

She said the institutions were always in a precarious position adding "it's a possibility" that the institutions could collapse because either big party can walk away.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The ceiling was going to collapse, or a flood was rolling in, or burning hail would rain down.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

“It surges when people are disproportionately betting on upside, and collapses, then greed gives way to fear and bearishness,” he said in a note.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

"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

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

It might seem a bit academic to worry about what will happen when the universe collapses again, as it will not start to contract for at least another ten thousand million years.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Millions of pounds of spoiled food remain inside the collapsed warehouse facility, two weeks before classes begin for local L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Before he collapsed, one of his defence lawyers -- the former mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago -- was arrested while the other, former justice minister Martha Karua, was banned from entering the country.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Columbia collapsed under the attack, but Harvard resisted and achieved some notable success in the courts.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Asian equities were seeing a rotation away from tech, Tickmill Group said, adding that while the AI story hadn’t disappeared, investor tolerance for disappointment had collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Some of its walls had collapsed, and its flimsy roof rocked side to side with the waves, but it was still standing.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Its peppery bite survives the wait, while the leaves soften into the sauces rather than collapsing into wet ribbons.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Decades of UN-backed talks have failed to reunify the divided island, with the last major round of peace talks in Switzerland collapsing in July 2017.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

"Because of their structure, these tetrapod-shaped particles have standoffs and form porous networks instead of collapsing into clumps," said Addae.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but kept collapsing on shoots.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Grootslang’s tail comes up from the deep, under the force field, and breaks through the middle of our ship, collapsing the sails and splitting the deck in half.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer