collapse
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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
But its collapse signalled the "death knell" for the department store format, said Jana Bowden, who teaches marketing at Macquarie University's Business School.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Trying to determine their state can cause that state to collapse, potentially erasing the very information scientists want to retrieve.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
But some analysts aren’t predicting a collapse in the development of data centers, which are crucial to the booming artificial-intelligence industry.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
At night he’d collapse into his little droopy tent next to Paul’s.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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
Mark Hulbert found that stocks have tended to move sideways ahead of previous market tops, rather than experiencing spectacular collapses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
As the core of a massive red giant collapses to form such a neutron star, it spins faster.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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
These associates had a golden ticket to Big Law—until Weil Gotshal collapsed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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
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
Dabbing at the sweat on her forehead with a lace hankie, she pushed into the room and collapsed dramatically into a rocking chair near the empty fireplace.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Now, instead of collapsing, Black representation is expected to remain relatively steady in Congress.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
They won one game with Gardner before collapsing down the stretch with seven consecutive losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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
Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but she kept collapsing on shoots and retrained as a self-employed beauty therapist.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
In fields, dells, and hollows, families terrified by what they read in the papers each day about the collapsing national economy nonetheless now began to think about Chicago.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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