collapse

Thames Water, the UK's biggest water company, owes roughly £20bn to lenders and has been working with creditors and government officials to prevent collapse.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Public transportation has largely ground to a halt, and the repeated collapse of the national power grid plunges the entire island into darkness for days at a time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The success had been mania, and the collapse was the other side of it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

She had been released from prison a few months earlier after being convicted on charges related to FTX’s collapse, and her Anthropic shares were forfeited to the federal government.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

I'm glad she's still holding my arm because I feel like I'll collapse if she lets me go.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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

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

"Climate change makes all this more likely," geoscientist Jakob Steiner said, while noting that mountain collapses are also part of natural geological processes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Colin collapses into the chair at his desk.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

His clients on the street of shame included Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, the cryptocurrency fraud, which collapsed in 2022, costing investors billions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Before he collapsed, the injured pilot managed to open the door.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the first phase of its probe, the regulator looked into several loans granted to collapsed Austrian real estate empire Signa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The cloud collapsed and flattened into a disk, eventually giving rise to the sun at its center and the planets that formed around it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 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

An Israeli passenger, Yaniv Hayun, and a crew member broke into the cockpit, which the wounded Indian pilot may have unlocked before collapsing by the door.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

The practice was banned in 2020, but the bare faces that cutting left behind are still collapsing and eroding today, washing sediment down into reservoirs.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

It was weird, how my entire world felt like it was collapsing and he was just standing there, smiling, happy to be at this party.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon