collapse
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When Paz, a 58-year-old former senator, took office in November, he inherited a country close to collapse, with dwindling dollar reserves, fuel shortages and a widening fiscal crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"The Cuban economy can collapse, and is collapsing... but the state still functions, especially on the security side."
From BBC • May 21, 2026
The 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of losses on its holdings of long-dated securities, which had to be liquidated when the bank experienced large withdrawals by depositors.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
This collapse of commerce is a consequence of Iran’s ability to harass civilian tankers so much that shipping companies no longer view the journey as worth the cost.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The subprime mortgage market was generating half a trillion dollars’ worth of new loans a year, but the circle of people redistributing the risk that the entire market would collapse was tiny.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
The Great Depression and The New Deal
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