collapse
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Meanwhile, investors are digesting the implications of the collapse in trade talks between the U.S. and Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
"Significant" resources and personnel - including the military - have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight, the government added in a statement.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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
The other part of me wants to collapse in a puddle of tears on the kitchen floor.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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He anticipates that both will use their mobility to make plays if the pocket collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The odds of this forecast coming true are close to nil; employment almost never collapses by that much, and never when output is skyrocketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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 just the latest in a series of total collapses of the electricity grid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Abby collapses into me, laughing and panting, and we slide to the floor against the lockers.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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Late Friday, talks between the two countries to reach a deal collapsed at the 11th hour, spurring prospects that the dispute between neighbors with almost $900 billion-a-year trading relationship could become an all-out trade war.
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
"I could feel them giving way beneath me. I slowly collapsed to the floor while still holding Beau."
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Halfway across the Garner River the bridge collapsed, sending Uppity, his wagon, and his horse straight down into the churning waters.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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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
An attractive force pulling the particles together is precisely counteracted by pressure produced by the fermions, keeping the droplet from collapsing.
From Science Daily ● 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
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
I push every bit of' air in my body into her lungs, collapsing on top of her, no idea if it was enough, hearing the sirens of the ambulance I called blare in the distance.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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