collapsing
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More fundamentally, the “just turn it off” logic begins collapsing once you think seriously about what modern life requires.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
China’s new pledge to buy more American farm products helped send soybean, corn, and wheat prices sharply higher Monday, reviving hopes that U.S. agriculture exports could rebound after collapsing in 2025.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Eric - who died aged 58, after collapsing due to a heart attack as he was coming off stage in 1984 - would have turned 100 years old today.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
According to this theory, stars above a certain size should explode so violently that they are destroyed completely instead of collapsing into black holes.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
“He could have been buried by a collapsing house.”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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