collapse
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The researchers say the scale of the demographic collapse has important implications for understanding intergenerational trauma, persistent disadvantage, and the development of policies that better support Indigenous communities.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Large waves from Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel battered homes across Southern California over the weekend, leaving some properties at risk of collapse.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Emergency repairs and cleanup were underway Monday in California's wave-battered city of Long Beach, where several homes appeared on the brink of collapse and remained too dangerous to enter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
The yellow house on Seaside Walk began to collapse Sunday morning, according to two Long Beach Fire Department lifeguards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
On August 1, 2007, shareholders brought their first lawsuit against Bear Stearns in connection with the collapse of its subprime-backed hedge funds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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One concern is the risk of a compression fracture, which is when a vertebra collapses, usually as a result of osteoporosis, according to Banner Health’s Fisher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A humanoid’s frantic attempts to stay upright—arms flailing, legs skittering—bears an uncanny resemblance to the choreographed collapses of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Successive column collapses generate pyroclastic density currents with the resulting deposits reaching several hundred meters in thickness, as they did in the last super-eruption.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
But by afternoon on a recent weekday, Josh Charles actually looks like he teleported to the past as he collapses into a seat inside his production trailer in upstate New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lourdes collapses on the walkway, her lungs swelling with air.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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She was 59 when she collapsed during a Christmas holiday in Spain, lost consciousness, stopped breathing and had no pulse or heartbeat after suffering a cardiac arrest.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Two terminals were struck and their roofs partially collapsed, people familiar with the damage said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Arcee, an open-source AI startup, recently secured commitments for both capital and computing capacity from an infrastructure partner, said CEO Mark McQuade, but the deal collapsed when the firm’s data center was delayed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Schiff said one of his constituents, identified only as Doug, wrote him a letter expressing concern about conditions aboard the ship after his son was medically evacuated due to a collapsed lung.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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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"It's not in danger of collapsing externally, but internally there is no roof," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
An Israeli passenger, Yaniv Hayun, and a crew member broke into the cockpit, which the wounded Indian pilot may have unlocked before collapsing by the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
During the earliest stage of solar system formation, the collapsing cloud of gas and dust may have generated a plasma containing charged particles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
The newspaper said the parties have discussed compromises, including agreeing to keep Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. film studios separate for a period of time rather than immediately collapsing them into one unit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The difference was that there was very little history to work with in the subprime mortgage bond market, and no history at all of a collapsing national real estate market.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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