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The Kospi’s six-week collapse erased roughly $2.5 trillion in market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

But it’s not as extreme of an intervention as Mario Draghi’s “whatever it takes” pledge to preserve the euro or Ben Bernanke’s bazooka program in response to the collapse of Lehman Brothers, experts say.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026

In recent days, the government had ordered the expulsion of people and safety measures around the site because of fears of a collapse.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Asked how Friday's trade talk collapse would impact the North American free trade pact, Carney said it was "certainly not good news".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

I give up on staying dry and collapse against the tree trunk.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

This version simmers ripe peaches with honey and whole black peppercorns until the fruit collapses and the syrup turns fragrant, floral and just a little prickly.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

He anticipates that both will use their mobility to make plays if the pocket collapses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

This is just the latest in a series of total collapses of the electricity grid.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

It isn’t as if she doesn’t have several plans B. And it gives “Techniquely” a winningly informal bouquet, especially when the jokes fall flat and she collapses, mock-groaning, on the cutting board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

When an extremely massive star collapses, it disappears.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Over the weekend, Carney said one reason the deal collapsed was that US negotiators sought last-minute restrictions on Canadian trade deals with other countries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Talks between Canada and the U.S. collapsed late Friday—raising the prospect of an all-out trade war between neighbors with a nearly $900 billion-a-year trading relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Just about 5:45 a.m., some of the building front collapsed, sending firefighters scrambling to get out of the way, video from the scene showed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

At least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea's capital Conakry, the government has said.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Sue collapsed onto the ground, and Akira slumped down beside her, glad for a moment’s rest.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Firefighters were in “defensive mode” and were not entering the building due to risks of it collapsing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Viewers, too, will be made anxious by the simulated plane as well as the faux fire, smoke and collapsing architecture, though the actions being recalled by specific survivors remain the province of their memories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But he added it was "simply not possible to prevent all offenders from being released early without the prison system collapsing".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Dad hunches forward, like he’s collapsing into himself.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller