collapse
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After staving off a weekend collapse, McIlroy had dodged Scheffler, himself a two-time champion, and became only the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters titles.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
"The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a preventable tragedy of enormous consequence," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Text messages between the couple were found, including one exchange five days before Kol's collapse, where Coutts had told O'Connor that her son had been "whinging".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
Despite the scale of the disaster, many archaeological sites point to human resilience rather than collapse.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
A cave mouth appeared, but this time it didn’t collapse right away.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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