domino
Example Sentences
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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
Objects like dominos and leaves, which figure into the history of Caribbean imperialism, are fashioned from steel and wood.
From Los Angeles Times
There is also a domino effect to estrangements.
"They're building a pipeline for the future, and they do not want this to be the first domino," she said, adding that they do not have a "huge incentive" to "perfectly" comply with the ban.
From BBC
The next pink domino to fall could be Colombia, which heads to elections in May, Egana predicts.
From Barron's
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