collapse
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US forces have seemingly been able to facilitate a sufficient trickle through the Strait of Hormuz in recent days to avert an oil-price shock or a global economic collapse.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nepal is reeling from a deadly Himalayan glacial mountain collapse on the border with China that has killed more than 1,300 people and left upwards of 5,600 missing in both countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Armenia, a mostly Christian nation, and majority-Muslim Azerbaijan have had intermittent clashes for more than 35 years, since before the collapse of the Soviet Union, of which both were member republics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
After Mayich’s collapse, Carey said, the staff was “completely and utterly unprepared” to treat him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
I give up on staying dry and collapse against the tree trunk.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
"Climate change makes all this more likely," geoscientist Jakob Steiner said, while noting that mountain collapses are also part of natural geological processes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dr Cook pointed out that there have been similar incidents of floods and landslides caused by glacier collapses in India, Switzerland and Italy in recent years.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
This version simmers ripe peaches with honey and whole black peppercorns until the fruit collapses and the syrup turns fragrant, floral and just a little prickly.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The odds of this forecast coming true are close to nil; employment almost never collapses by that much, and never when output is skyrocketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I'll be sure to tell your father to arrest more stonema-sons, before your tower collapses."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The local manufacturing industry collapsed after World War II, and by 1980, the city was 29% smaller than it was 50 years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier and its bedrock as the cause of last week's flash flood.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dix was a key adviser during the Himalayan rescue effort that successfully freed all 41 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed under-construction road tunnel in 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
“He was disoriented, confused, dizzy, well before he collapsed. ... Matthew was demonstrating signs of a problem well before he collapsed, and they did nothing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He went straight to his room, turned on his new CD, and collapsed on the bed, Jordans and all.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The explanation for the calamity has evolved since it struck, but appears linked to a collapsing glacier.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Under the right conditions, they might grow to a million times the mass of the Sun or more before collapsing into massive black holes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Five years ago I shot this video of Roybal coach Danny O’Fallon collapsing after his team won City title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
He once slept an hour a night for a month straight before collapsing at the office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Arms windmilling around and around, the immense creature toppled forward, collapsing toward the forest floor.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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