collapse
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Paul Meeks, head of technology research at Freedom Capital Markets, said memory companies have “sterling fundamentals,” but bearish investors “are looking for the ‘inevitable’ collapse in commodity chip pricing.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
In the hardest-hit cities, several buildings were marked with a red "X" to warn of the risk of collapse and prohibit pedestrian access.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
"We were worried that the aftershocks would collapse the house while we were sleeping."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The December 2024 collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime sharply changed the regional orientation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The subprime mortgage market was generating half a trillion dollars’ worth of new loans a year, but the circle of people redistributing the risk that the entire market would collapse was tiny.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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When donors stop trusting that their dollars yield tangible outcomes, the case for giving collapses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
This is just the latest in a series of total collapses of the electricity grid.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
This detail matters because it collapses the false divide between pleasure and care.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Root's unbeaten 76 at Edgbaston kept England in contention, with a 121-run partnership with Liam Dawson coming between collapses of 6-107 and 4-30, while an undefeated 99 in Cardiff anchored England's successful chase.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
He collapses on the ground and it flies into the abyss.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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The incident occurred after he collapsed during Saturday's 3-1 friendly win over RB Leipzig in Munich.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
By July 30, when the fund was forced to negotiate a bailout deal with Citadel, shares in the two semiconductor plays had plunged — Sandisk had collapsed 43% and Micron 24%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
She was about to leave for a dentist appointment when the disaster struck and her building collapsed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
After at least a dozen applicants collapsed and died during the run, possibly from the heat, the government temporarily suspended the tests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nighthand made to leap into the ocean, but standing struck him with a fit of dizziness and he collapsed against Irian.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala says he is being treated for a "neurological dysfunction" after collapsing during a match for the second time in a four-day period.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tattoo artist Andres Hernandez said he was worried about his family and friends, adding that he would stay awake because structures around him were "on the verge of collapsing."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
These are the conditions that historically have made for collapsing popular faith in the system and demands for something radical to replace it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
They blew past two of the plesios, Missy clobbering one with her tail and broadsiding the other, sending it and its riders collapsing into the water.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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