meltdown
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In the film, Cruise, his face covered in prosthetics, portrays Digger Rockwell, a bombastic Texan oil baron, who causes a global climate meltdown when his company’s activities shakes loose an ice shelf in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
In the early minutes when Jack Hendry got himself sent off, we may as well have been back amid the meltdown of Miami.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 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
And of course, no major participant in the meltdown has served a day in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
After death, the cadaver suddenly deteriorates: the internal organs, having been dead or partially dead for days, have already begun to dissolve, and a sort of shock-related meltdown occurs.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably: inconsolable howls in infancy, classroom meltdowns in childhood, rages in adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
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
