implode
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In 2008, it had to reverse course rapidly as banks imploded, and again in 2011 as the entire euro system threatened to implode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
As history has proved, titans of industry often share a regrettable tendency to make a lot of money from leveraging enthusiasm and then leaving others to clean up the mess when the markets implode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
“I’ve watched companies implode for decades. This one has all the warning signs,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
But, after letting leads slip against Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest last month, things threatened to implode again when Pedro Neto pulled a goal back for Chelsea five minutes after the restart.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
After barely nibbling it, she thought her respiratory system was going to implode.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
"The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
A planned beach getaway by Lili and Esti implodes when a hotel clerk refuses to honor their reservation, a foreshadowing of far worse indignities to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
One less thing for Kraken to worry about in rearview mirror as “feel good” story implodes under weight of seven straight losses and expected word of a move to Salt Lake City.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
The epistemological and ontological nihilism of the closed cube argument frankly implodes upon itself.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
The core implodes violently, the exterior rebounds and a supernova explosion results.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The company imploded and the stock went to zero “with little preamble,” Grantham wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
I want to be careful about what I’m not saying: I am not saying private credit is the next subprime market, which imploded in 2008.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
Plans changed again before the scheduled launch in early 2021, when Credit Suisse’s hedge-fund business imploded; so he found another backer, a large hedge fund named Squarepoint Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
The squad almost imploded when Jonathan Rowe and Adrien Rabiot clashed in the dressing room, and De Zerbi's uncompromising style alienated certain players.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
As the cavern of Mithras imploded behind her, she lunged into darkness and found herself falling.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
If the robot detects a problem, such as a knee joint that stops responding, it will try to recover its balance; if it can’t, he said, it will collapse onto itself like an imploding building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The big question is whether there’s a risk of it suddenly imploding.
From MarketWatch ● May 17, 2026
The boom in companies holding large stocks of cryptos has been a hot play this year, but that trade is now at risk of imploding and dragging down the rest of the sector with it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
All my anger had fled, imploding back into my chest, slipping down the event horizon of the churning supermassive black hole inside me.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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