crater

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The Chicxulub crater beneath Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula formed about 65 million years ago and later hosted a long-lasting hydrothermal system.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Sharp, who worked at the Greenwich Royal Observatory and has a crater on the moon named after him, was also a mathematician who calculated pi to 72 decimal places.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The issue is that returns could end up dispersed, meaning one stock could crater and another could rebound spectacularly.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In a worst-case scenario, the stock market could crater, the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates and the cost of borrowing could rise.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Unfortunately, as she was braking to a halt, one of her wheels hit a bomb crater and the aircraft flipped upside down.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein