collapsing
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More fundamentally, the “just turn it off” logic begins collapsing once you think seriously about what modern life requires.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
China’s new pledge to buy more American farm products helped send soybean, corn, and wheat prices sharply higher Monday, reviving hopes that U.S. agriculture exports could rebound after collapsing in 2025.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Eric - who died aged 58, after collapsing due to a heart attack as he was coming off stage in 1984 - would have turned 100 years old today.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
What was once a sacred nightly routine—putting the toddler to bed, collapsing onto the couch and opening their laptops to finish their work in peace—had become anything but peaceful.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
“He could have been buried by a collapsing house.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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