meltdown

Example Sentences

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Tech stocks took a beating this week, reigniting old fears about an AI meltdown.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

But in October 2008 at the height of the global economic turmoil fueled by America’s home mortgage meltdown, Greenspan appeared on Capitol Hill to a reception entirely different from the adulation he received while chairman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Where Alex previously had a "meltdown" during haircuts, he now enjoys them.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

This year, however, I think France is ripe for a meltdown so dramatic it will become a piece of moody French cinema where people argue and smoke a lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

So let me start the puro desastre, the, like, total meltdown, from the beginning: three Sundays ago at our weekly family dinner at Abuela’s restaurant, La Cocina de la Isla.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya