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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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She said the institutions were always in a precarious position adding "it's a possibility" that the institutions could collapse because either big party can walk away.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The record examines the collapse of her marriage to actor David Harbour in unvarnished detail.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

That stoppage marks the third office-to-residential conversion where work is currently halted since the old Pfizer headquarters neared partial collapse earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The island's Communist Party is trying to withstand its biggest crisis since the death of longtime leader Fidel Castro and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Anya heard her mother scream her name, but Anya had to focus on the Varangian before her, or she was going to lose every last bit of her nerve and collapse to the ground.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

"Human casualties, building collapses, road damage, fires... have been confirmed so far," Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on X, adding there were also "water and power outages".

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

It isn’t as if she doesn’t have several plans B. And it gives “Techniquely” a winningly informal bouquet, especially when the jokes fall flat and she collapses, mock-groaning, on the cutting board.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Root's unbeaten 76 at Edgbaston kept England in contention, with a 121-run partnership with Liam Dawson coming between collapses of 6-107 and 4-30, while an undefeated 99 in Cardiff anchored England's successful chase.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

The glass panels fall to the sides and the lid collapses downward.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

They quit with the other staffers as FTX collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Millions of pounds of spoiled food remain inside the collapsed warehouse facility, two weeks before classes begin for local L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Five people were also confirmed killed and four others were unaccounted for at the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro city, where part of a red-and-white smokestack collapsed, a government official told AFP on Wednesday.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Surveillance video captured the moment an empty building collapsed, sending debris spilling onto the road and onto parked vehicles.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The giant Norseman stiffened and fell back into the collapsed spice bin with a final wallop.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

In rehearsal and performance, they develop the capacity to hold another’s reality without collapsing it into their own.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

During Wednesday's hearing at the High Court in Kampala witnesses in court said Besigye repeatedly shouted "stop" about his legal representation before collapsing.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Footage also showed parts of a wall at the centuries-old Kumamoto Castle collapsing.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

"Because of their structure, these tetrapod-shaped particles have standoffs and form porous networks instead of collapsing into clumps," said Addae.

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

The enormous creature roared pleasantly, rattling all the blank video screens in the game room, then disappeared back into the floor, which closed up around it like a collapsing ring of tiles.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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