implode

Watching Graham Platner’s campaign implode was like watching that expensive red sports car get totaled.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 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

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

Or would it implode as it had before?

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

If the AI trade implodes, that case only gets stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The Dodgers once again struggle to generate consistent offense and their bullpen implodes in a 9-3 loss to the rival San Francisco Giants.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

"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 core implodes violently, the exterior rebounds and a supernova explosion results.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

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

St. Louis might not have been handed a chance to test his coaching chops in the NHL so soon if Montreal hadn’t imploded in such spectacular fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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

His attention network took on a predictable load as his performance imploded.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The memory-chip bubble inflated and popped, complete with wild volatility and an imploding hedge fund, in just four months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025

All my anger had fled, imploding back into my chest, slipping down the event horizon of the churning supermassive black hole inside me.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram