domino
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"Of course, it could turn out that the domino effect is even bigger than what we currently have."
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Insurance regulations limit lending to affiliated companies to prevent a domino effect of losses in insurer portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Once that funding was committed, “it was just a domino effect,” Gipson said, helping attract additional public and private investment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
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 whole front wall of the hall fell down like a domino.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
With frequent power cuts transforming Havana into a ghost town, young Cubans are struggling to get their kicks, many resorting to games of dominoes with strangers to pass the time.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 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
Nearby, their husbands and friends sat around a table playing dominoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Neighbors sat at plastic tables on the sidewalk, playing dominoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
We were hanging out on her bed, playing dominoes.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
"We hope, via the model, we can simulate this chain reaction to understand how to stop it, like a hand in between the dominos tiles," says Sansavini.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023
All-time temperature records fell like dominos throughout the region.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023
As one expert put it, the decision could be "the first tile in the Aboriginal rights game of dominos".
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2023
The dominos have fallen for Domino’s Pizza in Italy.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
We’re always having visitors who want either Papi or Mama for a game of dominos or to return Tupperware.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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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