collapse
verb (used without object)
to fall or cave in; crumble suddenly.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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You understand I am collapsing all time now so that it fits in what's left in the hollow of my story?
From "How the GarcĂa Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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