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Smith seems optimistic for someone who’s about to tell me kelp populations have been collapsing up and down the coast of California since 2014, some by as much as 90 percent.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2022

McKay: I feel like there’s two sides to a lot of the institutions and systems that have been collapsing in the last 10 to 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021

The websites that states run to accept applications have been collapsing under the weight of this newly unemployed population.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2020

RIM's US revenues have been collapsing since mid-2010 – though fortunately for its survival, revenues from other geographical regions have grown to make up some of the difference.

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2012

When representatives of oil-producing countries meet in Vienna this week, they will try to avert the disaster that was arising because prices have been collapsing.

From Time Magazine Archive