collapse
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American wine had a significant collapse in exports, one the Wine Institute called the "most significant market disruption in decades".
From BBC ● 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
"There may be a slow creeping effect of chemical accumulation that will contribute to delayed colony collapse."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Running or doing anything active could make him collapse into a fit of coughing.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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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 especially true when the inequality persists intergenerationally: Social mobility declines and public belief in opportunity for all collapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
This is just the latest in a series of total collapses of the electricity grid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
As if a hand has grabbed my wrist, I am slingshotting upward as the whirlpool collapses around me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Local authorities said 15 people were taken to hospital, including a pregnant woman who was injured after her house collapsed on her, according to AFP news agency.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
The Recollection collapsed, dropping Clare back into the real world.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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
Cole’s Tyler acts practically while collapsing into a black hole of cynicism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The governor of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, told a press conference they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
She held her breath, hoping that the cups of water at the edges of the well would weigh the cloth down, letting it take the weight of the key without collapsing into the well.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
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