collapse
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The Kospi’s six-week collapse erased roughly $2.5 trillion in market value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
But it’s not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke’s bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
"Significant" resources and personnel - including the military - have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight, the government added in a statement.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
A cave mouth appeared, but this time it didn’t collapse right away.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
This is especially true when the inequality persists intergenerationally: Social mobility declines and public belief in opportunity for all collapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
This detail matters because it collapses the false divide between pleasure and care.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 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
He collapses his magic props and stuffs them back into his blazer pockets.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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Over the weekend, Carney said one reason the deal collapsed was that US negotiators sought last-minute restrictions on Canadian trade deals with other countries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The escalation comes after cross-border trade talks collapsed over the weekend after the U.S. added last-minute requests to a nearly completed deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea's capital Conakry, the government has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Nighthand made to leap into the ocean, but standing struck him with a fit of dizziness and he collapsed against Irian.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Five years ago I shot this video of Roybal coach Danny O’Fallon collapsing after his team won City title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
The collapsing capsule compresses fusion fuel to the extraordinary pressures and temperatures required for fusion reactions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, told a press conference they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Masonry arches stretched from one side of the street to the other, as if to prevent the walls from collapsing.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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