collapse
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In recent days, the government had ordered the expulsion of people and safety measures around the site because of fears of a collapse.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The paper also reports that the criminal investigation into Lord Peter Mandelson is "at risk of collapse".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"There may be a slow creeping effect of chemical accumulation that will contribute to delayed colony collapse."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
When the Thai stock market collapse later that year, it started a chain reaction that cost him his hedge fund, a significant portion of his substantial personal wealth, and his reputation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The hope that had been building inside me crumples and I collapse onto my pillow.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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When donors stop trusting that their dollars yield tangible outcomes, the case for giving collapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Overnight on Monday into Tuesday, several people several people spent the night outdoors in cities like Pereira and Cali - either due to their homes being destroyed, or fear of further collapses.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
This is just the latest in a series of total collapses of the electricity grid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
This detail matters because it collapses the false divide between pleasure and care.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
“As the world collapses around us, it is learning and culture that will prevent us from becoming barbarians.”
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Just about 5:45 a.m., some of the building front collapsed, sending firefighters scrambling to get out of the way, video from the scene showed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Thirty people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy rains, the government said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Talks for a new trade deal between the U.S. and Canada collapsed late Friday, raising the prospect of a trade war between the two neighbors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
New tariffs kicked in Saturday on billions of dollars’ worth of U.S. imports from Canada after trade talks between the two nations collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Whereupon all three children collapsed to the ground, laughing uproariously at their own joke.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Viewers, too, will be made anxious by the simulated plane as well as the faux fire, smoke and collapsing architecture, though the actions being recalled by specific survivors remain the province of their memories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cole’s Tyler acts practically while collapsing into a black hole of cynicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But with populations still collapsing across Africa, he knows protecting them will require much more than one community.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
While French soldiers engaged in “acts of collective indiscipline,” as their commanders preferred to say, the Russian army was collapsing and Russia itself was in turmoil.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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