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The Dodgers showed signs of life during Game 3 of the NLCS, but Bill Plaschke writes the reigning champs can’t survive their crushing collapse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

A bitcoin-mining business that appeared left for dead after the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire is being resuscitated to serve the artificial-intelligence build-out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

While spying on the Americans, I had determined that if one of those boards could be cut in two, the whole machine might collapse.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

That means that if the building’s elevator collapses or there is a fire that severely damages the building, homeowners are on the hook to pay for the repairs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

It’s one of the most epic collapses for a league champion in MLS history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Abby collapses to the floor to cuddle with Bieber as soon as we walk into the kitchen.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

"I remember nothing until day four when I was brought round but a few hours later, I was ventilated again because both my lungs collapsed," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Albertsons’ struggles after the deal collapsed were predicted by its former CEO, Vivek Sankaran, in a Portland, Ore., federal courtroom in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

After 150,000 union members across the country refused to handle any Pullman railcars on any railroad, the U.S. transportation system collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Images shared by local media showed that part of a hotel had collapsed in the town of Penonome, 150 kilometers southwest of Panama City.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

For a moment, it appeared as if the wall might still hold...then, with a sound like a sigh of defeat, the entire wall collapsed into a heap of thick, white vapor.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

"It's not in danger of collapsing externally, but internally there is no roof," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Wherever you look in “Digger,” the world is collapsing: Ceilings spring leaks, coffee makers explode.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Communities across all states bordering Wyoming face darkness, breathing difficulties and roofs collapsing under accumulated ash.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Farfetch narrowly avoided collapsing before it was sold to a South Korean company in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

You understand I am collapsing all time now so that it fits in what's left in the hollow of my story?

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez