domino
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"Now, in the Amazon, we're seeing the second domino in the cascade fall," Morton said, referring to the increasing number of fires in the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
In the Middle East, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s promised “economic D-Day” hasn’t triggered the global domino of pain investors feared it could have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He says that balance is “100% a predictor of longevity” partly because it initiates a domino effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
There is the intermittent purr of generators, dogs barking, and, from time to time, the dry clack of domino tiles echoing in the street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Old men brought out their faded suit jackets and moved their domino games inside.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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With frequent power cuts transforming Havana into a ghost town, young Cubans are struggling to get their kicks, many resorting to games of dominoes with strangers to pass the time.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Family, friends and neighbors filled the frames with dancing and dominoes; their apartments painted in shades of mint, butter yellow and palomino pink, flecked with a patina cultivated by humidity and time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Are the Downing Street dominoes about to fall?
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
If they slow the pace of their capital spending, construction contractors with comparatively weak balance sheets could feel the pain quickly, among other financial dominoes ready to fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Old men were sitting on milk crates and playing dominoes.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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"We hope, via the model, we can simulate this chain reaction to understand how to stop it, like a hand in between the dominos tiles," says Sansavini.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
All-time temperature records fell like dominos throughout the region.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
The club used to have gaming machines, a pool table and a dart board but the big thing, John said, was dominos.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2023
There are a lot of dominos still to fall, but Harris’ track record across two major North American franchises offers insight into how the Commanders might operate differently under someone other than Dan Snyder.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Manny and the other old guys who played dominos in the lot had immediately declared war on it.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Vocabulary lists containing domino
"The American Pageant," Vocabulary from Chapters 36-37
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"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 22
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