collapse

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So the best investors can hope for in the U.K. is probably that the government will muddle through without succumbing to a political or fiscal collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The aircraft attack took place during a profound economic crisis that struck Cuba in the 1990s after the collapse of its main economic supporter, the Soviet Union.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of losses on its holdings of long-dated securities, which had to be liquidated when the bank experienced large withdrawals by depositors.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Suggesting emergence rather than collapse, a winged metal woman rises from a hospital bed, bathed in multicolored light projected across the walls, while translucent metallic fragments dangle overhead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

He pushed the kernels into the slits and then stomped as hard as he could to collapse the holes.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young