domino effect
Example Sentences
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Campaigners warned that it would create a domino effect leading to other services being withdrawn.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
In 2006, home prices stopped rising at a rate that allowed overleveraged borrowers to refinance, which led to a domino effect and the crisis, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
That failure trapped the 12-story building in an undetected, slow-motion domino effect that ultimately claimed 98 lives, concluding something that many engineers had long suspected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
There are all these things that are a domino effect that you cannot predict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
That letter had caused a domino effect of events that pitted Regan against me in a simulation test that just so happened to also be testing for compatibility for the partner program.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
