implode
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In these experiments, powerful lasers create shock waves that force a tiny diamond capsule to implode.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Watching Graham Platner’s campaign implode was like watching that expensive red sports car get totaled.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Businesses do not have to implode for these stocks to just take a well-deserved breather,” writes Jefferies’ U.S.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
“I’ve watched companies implode for decades. This one has all the warning signs,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
At a nearby bakery, hungry men gathered in front of the plate-glass window separating them from racks of freshly baked bread, hoping the window would implode.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
If the AI trade implodes, that case only gets stronger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
It is essential, especially as we all watch in grief as the Middle East implodes, to hasten our way to renewable energy sources and clean transit options.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
“What CU did is ensure their future. Whether the Pac-12 implodes now or whether the Pac-12 implodes in 2030 or whether the Pac-12 stays together, CU is set,” Thompson said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
The core implodes violently, the exterior rebounds and a supernova explosion results.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
It earned plaudits from Questlove and Snoop Dogg, won a Grammy for progressive R&B album, and hung on as the record business imploded and rebuilt in the streaming era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the spring of 2008, shortly before the financial world completely imploded, I traveled around Florida reporting on the real-estate crash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Over that time, Paulson and Pakistan-born Fahad Ghaffar have traded lawsuits—and cutting barbs—detailing how their once-promising partnership imploded so spectacularly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Leo pulled the Argo II out of the cavern seconds before the entire place imploded, taking the rest of the parking lot with it.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
He made his name in Brazil's first division with Cruzeiro, a huge club who - after a highly successful few years - were imploding under the weight of debts and off-the-field scandals.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
The big question is whether there’s a risk of it suddenly imploding.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
One way or another it will fall, either through toppling or imploding from within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
I just give her a slight nod, then look away and bite my lower lip to keep from imploding.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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