meltdown

Example Sentences

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There are ways to revive growth without sparking a market meltdown.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

In 1959, there was a partial meltdown of the core in one of the lab’s nuclear reactors that is considered among the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Today, many factories are vacant—victims of China’s property market meltdown and the country’s failure to find sufficient replacements for growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Last night, after we left a session of swimming at the YMCA, Salmon had a meltdown when we tried to go for sushi and learned that there was a 40-minute wait.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

It ran for three pages, typewritten, single spaced, describing the signs and symptoms of a filovirus infection in a human being, as well as possible experimental treatments that might arrest the terminal meltdown.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston