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
She has learned when she does this, the world doesn't implode.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
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
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 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
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
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
But just because your parents’ marriage imploded doesn’t mean you can’t be happy with a boy.”
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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
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
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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