collapse
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The state-owned body cited the collapse of three of its early investments - including its first, Glasgow-based laser company M Squared.
From BBC ● 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
At the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole conference in 2003, he and a co-author warned a hands-off approach could create financial imbalances vulnerable to a sudden collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Often, Eunjoo would be so tired she would collapse, leaving Jinjoo to feed their brothers.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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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
Overnight on Monday into Tuesday, several people several people spent the night outdoors in cities like Pereira and Cali - either due to their homes being destroyed, or fear of further collapses.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
His body goes rigid, and he collapses on the pavement, trembling.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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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
Thirty people died in Guinea's capital Conakry on Sunday when a mound of rubbish in a landfill collapsed before dawn onto neighbouring homes following heavy rains, the government said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
They then collapsed in the middle session, struggling to 95-8 by tea before Lyon wrapped up victory by taking the final two wickets in three balls.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The collapsed empires of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were replaced by a patchwork of smaller nations with their own armies, alliances, and jealousies.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Five years ago I shot this video of Roybal coach Danny O’Fallon collapsing after his team won City title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"I got seizures every day, which made school completely impossible because I was collapsing every day," she remembered.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
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
“How does she keep from collapsing under the weight of those diamonds? They can’t possibly be real.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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