domino
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“We have known for decades that once you have one disc surgery, the chances of having another are substantially higher, especially if you use the fusion technique like Tiger. It’s a domino effect.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
In the domino comparison, it is as if only the final pieces determine the end result.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
“A few weeks of Hormuz closure will create a domino effect of events that could push crude to $150 or higher,” Macquarie analysts wrote in a Friday research note.
From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026
The selloff may have been exacerbated by a domino effect of investors trying to front-run selling their shares, in Gastwirth’s opinion.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
We kids played among ourselves or circulated among the various groups, observing the domino game, snatching boiled chicken hearts or livers, carrying mysterious messages from the older boys to the older girls.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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