collapse

Example Sentences

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According to Russian accounts, the 47-year-old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness.

From BBC

Healing is impossible when the threat never stops and when schools and healthcare systems have collapsed.

From Los Angeles Times

That collapse has erased hundreds of billions in market value from European luxury conglomerates and American beauty giants that bet heavily on Chinese middle-class aspiration.

From Barron's

For some, that description by Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans and the images of the collapse 12 years ago came to embody Britain's crumbling Victorian railways.

From BBC

The late collapse condemned Marseille to remaining in fourth place, 11 points off the pace.

From Barron's