crash
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Images posted on social media showed a giant fireball near a busy road at the scene of the crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
During a red-flag period in the race caused by a crash for Valtteri Bottas' Cadillac, Hamilton had said over team radio: "We've got big problems. Big, big problems."
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The U.S. economy is accelerating, gathering enough momentum from the artificial intelligence boom and robust consumer spending to crash through wars, volatile markets and trade disruptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Village pharmacist, 78-year-old Antonio Garcia Colina, said he had rushed to the scene of the crash in his car shortly after it happened to try to help the injured and witnessed several people dying.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
“I know he’s leaving for Nantucket in a few days, but couldn’t we crash at his place? I’m supposed to watch his cat anyway.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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“To have two fatal crashes on the same line suggests there are management failings on the railways system in Spain.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The prime minister said it was "unacceptable" for Spain to have two serious train crashes in one year, and vowed to "get to the bottom of this" and determine if there was any negligence.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Wall Street manias and crashes, sadly, are about as variable as a Scooby-Doo episode.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
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
Two boys laugh when one car bangs into another, spinning out of control until it crashes against the wall.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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Both aircraft crashed in a field adjacent to a highway, the sheriff's office said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Today, Intel shares crashed 29%, the worst session on record for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
‘When the railroad stocks crashed, nobody went and ripped up the rails and said, “Let’s go back to horses and carriages.”’
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The bank had been offering Sapphire members 5,000 courtesy points after a website for early access to World Cup tickets crashed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The roof crashed down a few inches from her foot, and the fairy queen didn’t so much as flinch.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Another technique is to hang rubber tires from the deck to protect the engine and rudder, a crude way of stopping a drone from crashing into a ship and disabling it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Traditionally, researchers have accomplished this by accelerating gold nuclei to enormous speeds and crashing them into one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
You may have noticed that this nirvana came crashing down a few years ago, when inflation, interest rates and the cost of debt began skyrocketing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The vehicle reverses, crashing into a parked car, before pulling forwards.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
That might not sound like a long time, but it was enough to keep cars and trains from crashing, prevent people from being trapped in elevators, and give others time to scramble to cover.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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