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collapse

[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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It’s an agonizing loss that’s getting grimly compared with Atlanta’s 28-3 Super Bowl collapse to the Patriots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The researchers argue that the performance collapse seen in these experiments points to fundamental limitations in today's large language models.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Infrastructure damage, meanwhile, means some communities will be cut off for at least a week because of the damage to roads and the collapse of a bridge.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Many observers in the 1990s believed that the communist collapse in Central and Eastern Europe would spread globally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

I tighten my throat, dash, collapse over the toilet, and throw up.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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