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[kuh-laps] / kəˈlæps /




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It was an era of climate change, supply chain collapse, earthquakes, famine, disease, migration, drought and armed incursions and invasions.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The area was closed to the public following the collapse, according to reports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Maurice Bradley said removing O'Neill "would not, in itself, require the Assembly to collapse".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

New York City issued 16 new permits after determining that a near-partial collapse in the former Pfizer building didn’t represent an inherent risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The combination of the summit’s collapse and the first two landslides lowered the mountain thirteen hundred feet.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The schisms at Westish are mirrored in Pella’s deteriorating relationship with Mike, which collapses during Owen’s glitzy destination wedding on Block Island, R.I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Roof and building collapses are common in Pakistan, largely due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials in the South Asian nation of more than 240 million people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

One concern is the risk of a compression fracture, which is when a vertebra collapses, usually as a result of osteoporosis, according to Banner Health’s Fisher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He throws me a triumphant grin and collapses on the seat right next to me.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Also on Friday, Musk posted a grimacing-face emoji in response to another X user’s post of a screenshot of a tweet by jailed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, whose crypto exchange collapsed in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

At least two people have been killed and five injured after a rock formation collapsed at a tourist site in Turkey's historical region of Cappadocia, local media is reporting.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

And in 2024, a huge chunk of cliffside near the road collapsed, with onlookers sprinting from the edge as the ground crumbled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Eyewitnesses described hearing a loud noise as the rock spire near a car park collapsed, sending up a huge cloud of dust.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Inside the boat there was a mast, collapsed into four pieces, and a set of sails, neatly folded.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But it faces three threats: rivals that are catching up, prices that are collapsing, and bills that keep climbing.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany needs "protecting from himself" and will take weeks to recover after collapsing at the club's training ground on Friday, said the club's director of sport Max Eberl.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

That does not mean demand is collapsing, or that these stocks will always move together.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

I flashed back to the last image I’d seen before Regan and I had Glitched out of the collapsing mountain.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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