collapse

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So the best investors can hope for in the U.K. is probably that the government will muddle through without succumbing to a political or fiscal collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"If there's a collapse, you're going to see a big portion of the Cuban population do everything they can to get away, the same way they have from Haiti over the years," Isacson said.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of losses on its holdings of long-dated securities, which had to be liquidated when the bank experienced large withdrawals by depositors.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Suggesting emergence rather than collapse, a winged metal woman rises from a hospital bed, bathed in multicolored light projected across the walls, while translucent metallic fragments dangle overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Anya was grateful to Ilya, but she still shook so hard, she was afraid she was going to collapse.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack