implode
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As history has proved, titans of industry often share a regrettable tendency to make a lot of money from leveraging enthusiasm and then leaving others to clean up the mess when the markets implode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
She has learned when she does this, the world doesn't implode.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
Those who say capex is going to implode may be looking at consumer-oriented AI technology, which has become commoditized.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
A fear in markets has been that if these companies start selling crypto, one of the year’s most popular trades could implode.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
If she missed any of them, her plan would implode.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
"The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
One less thing for Kraken to worry about in rearview mirror as “feel good” story implodes under weight of seven straight losses and expected word of a move to Salt Lake City.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
The accident comes uncannily to mind revisiting “The Abyss,” in which a damaged submersible implodes after sinking beyond its crush depth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
The epistemological and ontological nihilism of the closed cube argument frankly implodes upon itself.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
The core implodes violently, the exterior rebounds and a supernova explosion results.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
I want to be careful about what I’m not saying: I am not saying private credit is the next subprime market, which imploded in 2008.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
The company imploded after a dispute with bank partners revealed a massive shortfall in customer funds and a failure to keep accurate ledgers, according to court filings in Synapse’s bankruptcy proceeding.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026
Ludvig Aberg held a three-shot overnight lead, but the Swede, who still led the field by three with nine to play, imploded; his hopes sunk in a couple of the course's many lakes.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 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
While this match may have reminded him why he gave up the captaincy four years ago, he has once again held together a batting line-up that risked imploding.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
And I like imagining that I am there sometimes, in a spherical metal submersible with windows that are 30 cm thick to stop them from imploding under the pressure.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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