crash
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“If you don’t have a car crash, or your house doesn’t burn down, you don’t get your premiums back later in life. What you do get is protection and peace of mind,” Butler added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The indicator is around 230% compared with a mere 150% or so before the dot-com crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The cyclist was due to compete for England before getting injured in a cycling crash, something else Finucane has had to deal with.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
"We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died," Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters at the crash site.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
If we crash into the surface, my system will be torn apart.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Specialist species are suffering population crashes due to habitat loss and pesticide use.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was revealed that in a majority of those crashes, the e-bike rider was at fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
When Ortberg joined Boeing about two years ago, the company was reeling after crashes and safety problems.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Alas, that victory was aided by a pair of crashes suffered by Kuss, the beloved Coloradan who was lucky to be saved by temporary fencing as he curled around a rocky descent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
But behind us the attack crashes ever nearer.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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The detectives ultimately solved the case through old-fashioned policework; one of their theories had been that Schepers had crashed her car and ended up in the river.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
In June, a B-52 bomber jet crashed at Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, killing eight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
And in September 2025, around 20 Russian drones that entered Polish airspace were shot down or crashed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“The launch of presales for ‘The Odyssey’ and Imax crashed every major ticketing platform in the United States, and ‘The Odyssey’ clocked our biggest presales of all time by a multiple of three,” Gelfond said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
If the subprime mortgage market crashed, Bear Stearns was going to crash with it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The ultra-fast missiles travel on a high arcing trajectory before crashing down into their target.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
In some binary systems, repeated kicks to a dying red giant could alter its orbit enough to send it crashing into its companion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
And then, in the span of just a few hours on July 25, 2024, his empire came crashing down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
North Wales Police said it received multiple calls about the manner in which the silver Nissan Qashqai was driving before crashing at Marine Drive, with photos showing the vehicle flipped on its roof.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The swell crashing on the windward side of the great blue tabular icebergs threw spray sixty feet into the air and down onto the boats, where it froze on the men.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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