collapse
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Videos posted to social media and verified by AFP on Monday showed the catastrophic collapse of a shopping centre in General Santos, and an unoccupied school building crumpling.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 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
Saxo doesn’t see a full combination of recession stress, disorderly yields and a broad earnings collapse, which are classic ingredients of a deeper bear-market signal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The ICD allowed Eriksen to resume his playing career with Brentford in 2022 - eight months after his collapse at the Euros - before he spent three years with Manchester United.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Seven had to force herself not to collapse right then and there.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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