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On Friday, in Glasgow city centre part of the Broomielaw was closed when a derelict building collapsed at about 18:00.

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It came a day after she cancelled all shows "for the foreseeable future", following a collapse on stage during a performance in New York.

From BBC

The Biden administration offered the protections to Venezuelans because of the political and economic collapse brought about by the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro.

He collapsed after suffering a catastrophic brain injury inflicted by one, or both, of his grandparents.

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The toddler was "a shadow of the chubby healthy child he had been" in the days before he fatally collapsed, Mr Justice Griffiths said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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