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
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
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
If she missed any of them, her plan would implode.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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
As that way of filmmaking implodes, audiences are turning to movies that rebel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
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
And it’s like something inside of me implodes.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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
The company was considered one of the winners of the green-energy boom, and demand for wood pellets was rising when it imploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company imploded and the stock went to zero “with little preamble,” Grantham wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was quite possible that Artemis would have sat like that for some time, totally detached from the situation at hand, had not the front door imploded, shaking the manor to its foundations.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
The market might not be imploding so much as readjusting as the tech industry succumbs to more realistic expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
When she moved from public housing to a three-bedroom home in a suburban area in the Northwood section of town, she was trying to create more distance between her and the city’s imploding center.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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