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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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The rising external risks come as the government in Tehran is struggling to come up with a response to protests that were triggered a week ago by frustration with the country’s collapsing currency.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some senior barristers fear defendants could use this to chance their luck, riding the delays in the hope their case will collapse before it reaches trial.

From BBC

It was an eye-opening collapse from a team that came into the season still clinging to national title aspirations.

From Los Angeles Times

“Their structure will finally collapse across the entire continent.”

From Los Angeles Times

Economic collapse and political repression led roughly 8 million Venezuelans to emigrate since 2014, making it one of the world’s largest displacement crises.

From Los Angeles Times