cascading
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Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council of Foreign Relations, speaks of a build-up of cascading, competing crises in Europe, none of which have ever been properly resolved, he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“I think the cascading hierarchy or critical path is now very much the network. And I think people have grossly underestimated the amount of infrastructure that’s going to be required,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Los Angeles County uses a network of 27 spreading grounds, where artificial basins fill up when storms send torrents cascading down from the mountains into the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Sometimes it makes a tiny waterfall cascading next to a dirt staircase leading down to a new terrace of houses.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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