cascade
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The team evaluated each possible cascade using three measures: how frequently the first medication was prescribed, how often a second medication followed it, and how strongly the two prescriptions appeared to be connected.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Firefighters climbed stairs and ran toward mortal danger, while a cascade of people tried as hard as they could to get down.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
It's one of several clips BBC Verify has located along the Trishuli River after a deadly cascade of water, mud and other debris flooded the area on Wednesday, as Merlyn Thomas reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Researchers warn the growing density of space junk could trigger the so-called "Kessler syndrome" cascade of collisions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
They cascade down her back and flutter gently in the breeze while she remains still as stone.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The new building is part of the main Yongbyon nuclear complex, and reportedly capable of housing up to 28 centrifuge cascades used to enrich uranium.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
On the kitchen walls, the “Lauenstein Yellow” tile cascades down into polychrome patterns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The analysis further argues that comparisons with trophic cascades around the world relied on equilibrium assumptions that do not fit Yellowstone's still recovering, non equilibrium ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Advanced models can be copied in seconds and transmitted digitally, but centrifuge cascades can’t fit in a laptop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Everything on the kitchen shelves cascaded to the floor; bowls and glasses shattered.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Conuma’s production pause cascaded far beyond eastern British Columbia as it halted a railroad line, stalled activity at a Pacific Ocean port and complicated steelmaking schedules in Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
The loss ended in suitably ugly fashion for Tottenham as their frustrated players became embroiled in a clash with Villa after the final whistle as boos cascaded from the stands.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
This approach relies on cascaded second-harmonic generation within nonlinear crystals, producing UV-C pulses that last only femtoseconds, less than 1 trillionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026
A bright green shape flashed past, and then the branch shook again and a flurry of leaves cascaded in a slow, circular downpour around them.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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Daryl Caudle made news in January when he said he would oppose extending the USS Gerald Ford’s deployment, owing to the cascading consequences for maintenance and crew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
"We believe a rock-ice avalanche occurred in Nepal, blocking the Lhende river and causing the cascading flood event," Sarthak Shrestha, a remote sensing and geo information analyst with the intergovernmental institute, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She too referenced the cascading effects that the lack of classification has on educating clinicians, family knowledge and insurance coverage.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The bump was on full show in the custom Atelier Prabal Gurung crop top, which the designer described as a "sculptural high-low halter top with a cascading train".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The notion that the cascading events in France bore any relation to the American Revolution struck Adams as outright lunacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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