meltdown
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The best case for not selling Berkshire right now is if you think we are going to have another stock-market meltdown sometime soon.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"I was so tired and there were so many of them and I wanted to have a complete meltdown and just cry, but I couldn't because if I stopped moving, they started biting me," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The “SaaSpocalypse,” a play on the acronym for software as a service, became the watchword for the meltdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The prime specimen here is the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which was empaneled under former California Treasurer Phil Angelides to report on the financial meltdown of 2007-2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Despite their heroic efforts to save the plant, many of the Fukushima 50 felt personally responsible for the meltdown.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
The exchange reflects the renaissance under way in the uranium market, which spent a decade in the doldrums after the Fukushima meltdowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was one of the biggest software meltdowns of all time, and the stock declined by 36% in the next two weeks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
DFKs’ explosions or meltdowns occur during emotional turbulence.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
I wanted to crawl into my closet and fold the door closed just as Moira did during her hysterical meltdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
But the impacts of the Fukushima meltdowns were far less severe than Chernobyl’s.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
