domino

Example Sentences

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“A few weeks of Hormuz closure will create a domino effect of events that could push crude to $150 or higher,” Macquarie analysts wrote in a Friday research note.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

"They're building a pipeline for the future, and they do not want this to be the first domino," she said, adding that they do not have a "huge incentive" to "perfectly" comply with the ban.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

“People are looking at Cuba for the next domino to fall,” said Lee Robinson, founder of London-based hedge-fund firm Altana Wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The raid’s domino effect has raised concerns about the welfare of children in affected households.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

If just one of them moved, I thought, the domino effect could engulf the three of us in an asphyxiating mass of literature.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green