domino effect
Example Sentences
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Gerry Darby from the Lough Neagh Partnership said because six major rivers and a number of smaller rivers flow into the lough, water pollution incidents ultimately had a domino effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
This has created “a domino effect that also strains hospitals and other care settings.”
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
There are all these things that are a domino effect that you cannot predict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
“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
Stack collapses weren’t that uncommon, and if the scaffold supports buckled at the wrong angle, the domino effect could bring down four or five of the neighboring stacks too.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
