meltdown
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Did you get to see the 2024 film Civil War, with its dystopian depiction of a present day USA in the midst of a violent meltdown?
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Webb’s social media meltdown can be added to the list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Still, insider buying can’t fix a macro meltdown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
This is so staff can recognise when someone "is having a meltdown or struggling", he adds.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
That my mind was in a meltdown is no excuse.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
Mr. Starritt packs a lot into his sweeping novel—from underwater turbines to hydrogen-powered rockets, financial meltdowns to renewable-energy startups, Japanese gangsters to Italian cuisine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Brady, who was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, sought a diagnosis about five years ago as she was experiencing meltdowns.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
It was one of the biggest software meltdowns of all time, and the stock declined by 36% in the next two weeks.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
DFKs’ explosions or meltdowns occur during emotional turbulence.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
There have not been any cases of cancer linked to exposure among the workers who fought to prevent the meltdowns in the days following the tsunami.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
