implode

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

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 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

“I’ve watched companies implode for decades. This one has all the warning signs,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026

If I don’t change the subject, Violet’s enthusiasm will feed my tiny hopes, and I will implode from possibilities.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

"The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report."

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Part 1 of the fourth season, which was released last month, finally saw Gabriel and Emily rekindle their romance just as his chance at a coveted Michelin star implodes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

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

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

That all changed when Humza Yousaf's premiership imploded in April 2024.

From BBC ● May 19, 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

Plans changed again before the scheduled launch in early 2021, when Credit Suisse’s hedge-fund business imploded; so he found another backer, a large hedge fund named Squarepoint Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 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

“Oh...” said Harry, as the scene in his mind’s eye imploded.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

If the robot detects a problem, such as a knee joint that stops responding, it will try to recover its balance; if it can’t, he said, it will collapse onto itself like an imploding building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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

The boom in companies holding large stocks of cryptos has been a hot play this year, but that trade is now at risk of imploding and dragging down the rest of the sector with it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 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