domino effect
Example Sentences
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There is the distinct risk of a domino effect given the thousands of other pending cases against the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
According to Macquarie analysts, a few weeks of Hormuz closure “will create a domino effect of events that could push crude to $150 or higher.”
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
Tricolor Holdings filed for bankruptcy in September, coming under a cloud of suspicion about its business practices and sparking fears of a domino effect on banks.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025
It helps avoid a kind of domino effect involving other swing states, including Ohio to the north and Pennsylvania to the northeast.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
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
