collapse
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These bursts can occur when massive stars collapse or when certain compact objects, such as neutron stars, merge.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Has the collapse of a corporate strategy ever been announced with such enthusiasm?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
That has teed up the biggest question hanging over the stock market right now: Will the AI trade collapse and take the entire market with it?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
This echoes a warning from Poundland founder Steve Smith on Monday that two or three thousand suppliers to the firm, which only work for Poundland, would be directly affected by its collapse.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
With Turkey’s collapse, the seven-century-old Turkish Ottoman Empire vanished into history.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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The expansion was analogous to the Big Bang, while the contraction resembled a Big Crunch, a hypothetical fate of the universe in which cosmic expansion eventually reverses and everything collapses inward.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
There were 86 building collapses between 2009 and 2019, killing an estimated 200 people, according to a report by the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The schisms at Westish are mirrored in Pella’s deteriorating relationship with Mike, which collapses during Owen’s glitzy destination wedding on Block Island, R.I.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Are we going down there, or are we going to talk until the building collapses around us?”
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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Bloomberg said the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index had collapsed around 16 percent this week, putting it on course for its worst run since April last year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
A 24-year-old runner in the New York City Marathon collapsed and died just two miles from the finish line, despite being in "perfect health, perfect shape", her father has said.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Talks between the crossborder trading partners on a tariff deal unexpectedly collapsed in August, leading to renewed tension between the U.S. and Canada—through the imposition of hefty tariffs on billions of dollars of goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Rachel Apa, a former Division I field hockey player and first-time marathon runner, died Sunday after she collapsed while participating in the New York City Marathon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
They scrambled out of the water as the roof of the tunnel finally gave out and collapsed.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Now, instead of collapsing, Black representation is expected to remain relatively steady in Congress.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
They can escape from environments surrounding collapsing stars and black holes, carrying information that other forms of radiation might not reveal.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
She and other analysts say the ACA market isn’t close to collapsing, but it will remain smaller than its peak in 2024 and 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But it faces three threats: rivals that are catching up, prices that are collapsing, and bills that keep climbing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
I was apologizing as fast as I could and as many times as I could for breaking through the window and collapsing one end of the Drinkers’ Ping-Pong table.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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