collapse
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Other people have told the BBC how he left not just their homes at risk of collapse, but their relationships, too.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“With the collapse of expectations over the past two months, the upswing has thus been reset to zero,” he said in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
"The only way theorists have come up with to birth sub-solar neutron stars is during the collapse of a very rapidly spinning star," Metzger says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
The five Central Asian former Soviet republics -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan -- became independent with the collapse of the Soviet Union 35 years ago.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
As she takes off in a full sprint, I fall back and collapse into the tall grass.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing collapse
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