domino
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The final theme is buy-now-pay-later companies, unloved and branded by some as “the next domino to fall,” alongside private credit.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The team combined field work, seismic and satellite data to reconstruct a domino chain of events and trace the height of the wave.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
There is the distinct risk of a domino effect given the thousands of other pending cases against the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The end of Sora is most certainly not the first domino or the bursting of the AI bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
The men set up a domino table and took turns playing, the losers giving up their chairs to the ones waiting their turn.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
If they slow the pace of their capital spending, construction contractors with comparatively weak balance sheets could feel the pain quickly, among other financial dominoes ready to fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Fidgets, weighted blankets, sensory dens and noise-cancelling headphones were on tap, as well as activities including chess and dominoes.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Imagine setting up an elaborate chain of dominoes, where each piece must strike the next in perfect sequence to create a satisfying final outcome.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
“If he’d waited two or three weeks, it would have been a disaster. Once the dominoes start toppling, they just start toppling—and that line is shorter than anybody thinks,” Buffett said of Powell’s actions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
In the distance, I could hear the sound of rending metal as several trailer stacks began to collapse, ripping free of their scaffolding and crashing against one another like massive dominoes.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
This process can be compared to falling dominos, but it is far more complex.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
While the dominos are falling at the parent company, these will fall short of triggering a collapse.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2024
All-time temperature records fell like dominos throughout the region.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
There are a lot of dominos still to fall, but Harris’ track record across two major North American franchises offers insight into how the Commanders might operate differently under someone other than Dan Snyder.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Manny and the other old guys who played dominos in the lot had immediately declared war on it.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing domino
"The American Pageant," Vocabulary from Chapters 36-37
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"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 22
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