implode
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Without getting too complicated into how volatility is calculated, consider this scenario: You’re a money manager and the stock market begins to implode in August.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
If there is a third consecutive failure, the treaty "might not implode overnight" said Christopher King, the conference's secretary-general.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
In 2008, it had to reverse course rapidly as banks imploded, and again in 2011 as the entire euro system threatened to implode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
The Jets, meanwhile, keep finding ways to implode, and effort matters in games like this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
"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 epistemological and ontological nihilism of the closed cube argument frankly implodes upon itself.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
These are more powerful than run-of-the-mill supernovae, which occur when a star runs out of fuel and implodes with a sudden loss of radiation pressure akin to demolishing the supports holding up a roof.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2023
And it’s like something inside of me implodes.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
The company imploded and the stock went to zero “with little preamble,” Grantham wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 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 squad almost imploded when Jonathan Rowe and Adrien Rabiot clashed in the dressing room, and De Zerbi's uncompromising style alienated certain players.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The Argentine naval submarine that imploded in 2017, killing 44 sailors, was seaworthy, the highest-ranking of four former officers said Wednesday on the second day of their trial.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
As the cavern of Mithras imploded behind her, she lunged into darkness and found herself falling.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
The big question is whether there’s a risk of it suddenly imploding.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
The pandemic and China’s imploding housing market ended the good times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks twice imploding without agreement, and the chair suddenly resigning this week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
The jockey lived hard and lean and tended to die young, trampled under the hooves of horses or imploding from the pressures of his vocation.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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