meltdown

Example Sentences

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There are ways to revive growth without sparking a market meltdown.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

In 1959, there was a partial meltdown of the core in one of the lab’s nuclear reactors that is considered among the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The answer, it turns out, is that they suffer a total emotional meltdown.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Today, many factories are vacant—victims of China’s property market meltdown and the country’s failure to find sufficient replacements for growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

If Mother had a meltdown over the tiny cut on my knee, I can’t imagine what she will do when she sees this one.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson