Example Sentences

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Known to posterity as “Stobaeus,” he lived in a time of turbulence, when “the Roman Empire was collapsing in the West but holding up better in the Greek-speaking East.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said more than 73,000 migrants had crossed the Channel since Labour came to power and the apparatus to remove those with no right to stay was collapsing.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

And the company already was collapsing behind the scenes, its technology quickly being surpassed by companies better resourced to refine and advance their products.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Probably the only thing that would worry investors is if it looked like the labor market was collapsing — an outcome hardly anyone predicts.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan