meltdown
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Social media, however, is flooded with memes of exhausted parents calmly negotiating with a child having a supermarket meltdown, something Ockwell-Smith finds deeply frustrating.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The best case for not selling Berkshire right now is if you think we are going to have another stock-market meltdown sometime soon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
And of course, no major participant in the meltdown has served a day in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
And if he hadn’t said the word irie,I wouldn’t have had my meltdown.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
There’s been no sign of a middle life panic, no whispers of a comeback, no social media meltdowns or slap fights with Jake Paul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The meltdowns borne of emotional dysregulation are inevitable.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
It was one of the biggest software meltdowns of all time, and the stock declined by 36% in the next two weeks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
DFKs’ explosions or meltdowns occur during emotional turbulence.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
It remains unclear how many people will suffer long-term effects from radiation exposure as a result of the Fukushima meltdowns.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
