collapse
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Over time, portions of that gas cool, become unstable, and collapse into thin filaments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
But the Iran war launched in February threatens to upend it, especially as highly flawed peace deals take hold and then collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The Aberdeenshire businessman was previously involved in a bid to buy back the firm following its collapse, but lost out to Tilray.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Her body seemed to collapse down into itself in a way that reminded Max of a toy he’d had when he was little that could transform from a car to a robot.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Broadway has settled into parody mode after suffering some mega collapses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The first earthquake would have weakened many structures, while the second shock likely caused additional collapses before occupants could escape.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Montalvo's nightmare is part of what industry insiders are calling one of the largest ticketing collapses in history.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Then he steers himself into the bedroom and collapses face first onto the bed.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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Church attendance has collapsed at a pace that would have seemed impossible just a generation ago.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Researchers from the University of Sydney and Texas A&M University led the study, which challenges earlier research suggesting that koala numbers collapsed only after humans arrived in Australia.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
That came on the back of a 10 percent rally in chip giant SK hynix, which has collapsed around 30 percent since hitting a record high last month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Another, of a 63-year-old man who collapsed in November 2025, showed that he died from untreated sepsis, which the report said likely developed following poorly controlled diabetes, malnutrition and overall frailty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Just before the floor collapsed, I threw the last nest at the spinning wheel.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Volkswagen executives have repeatedly stressed the need for the company to slim down as collapsing sales in China have started to look less like a blip and more like a new normal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Kasen has also suggested that if a collapsing star forms a black hole instead of a magnetar, it could likewise produce an unusually bright supernova.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
The camaraderie was evident on the ground here in La Guaira, the coastal city where quake damage was most severe, collapsing dozens of buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
A British mortgage company, Market Financial Solutions, is collapsing and facing accusations of fraud, the Journal reported in March, which might lead to losses for Apollo Global Management’s Atlas SP Partners and other lenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I flashed back to the last image I’d seen before Regan and I had Glitched out of the collapsing mountain.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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