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[krash] / kræʃ /








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Named after Lord Kelvin, the mathematician who discovered them in the late 19th century, these waves don’t roll and crash along the shore like a tsunami or hurricane.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

South Wales Police said it made the arrest on Tuesday after undergoing a "significant" police operation at a retirement housing complex, Ger-y-Nant, near the crash.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

South Wales Police said Eleanor was taken to hospital after officers were called to the crash on Coity Road at about 12:40 BST on Monday, but later died.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Irvine’s Major Accident Investigation Team is continuing to investigate the circumstances behind the deadly crash, police said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Shortly thereafter they assigned me to help solve the mysterious plane crash of a small Piper plane that seemed to have just dropped out the sky on a clear blue day.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

US regulators have heavily scrutinized Boeing's designs during certifications following a pair of MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that together claimed 346 lives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

In a majority of those crashes, the e-bike rider was at fault.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

As commercial flying has got safer, the death toll from suspected intentional crashes increasingly stands out, reports Andrew Tangel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"We wanted those moments when the bed crashes and breaks, and the way they comment on that in the scene is quite comedic," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The weight of these five words crashes down on me.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

South Wales Police said the woman, 47, from North Cornelly, Bridgend, crashed into a wall on Coity Road at about 12:43 BST on Monday.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Indonesian authorities were investigating on Tuesday after a car-sized piece of what a government agency said was a Chinese space rocket crashed into a palm oil plantation near homes and work sites.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

James Austin Johnson, reprising his Trump impersonation from the American “Saturday Night Live,” crashed the meeting as the fictional Zelenskyy pleaded for restored Starlink access.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

The company’s stock had also crashed, at one point Thursday falling 28% from the start of the week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Whenever the big ice floes drifted down from the north and crashed onshore, making thunderous sounds, he would tremble and turn pale.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

"My whole world came to a crashing halt," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

In January 2024, a landslide above the railroad sent soil and debris crashing onto the tracks at Mariposa Point, destroying the city’s pedestrian bridge and beach trail and temporarily interrupting rail service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

But it all came crashing down in November 2020, when Hillsong Church announced that Lentz had been fired for leadership issues and “moral failures.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The subtext of their question is the worry that, just as Icarus soared so high that the sun melted his wings of wax, a market that rises too far is prone to crashing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

“And I would have come crashing through the ceiling,” Harry Truman chuckled, greatly amused by the image of arriving at the tea party in only his reading glasses.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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