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He made his name in Brazil's first division with Cruzeiro, a huge club who - after a highly successful few years - were imploding under the weight of debts and off-the-field scandals.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The Galaxy, meanwhile, were imploding, having lost more games than their had won during the previous six seasons and going eight years without an MLS Cup appearance, the longest drought in its history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It was no great mystery why the Golden State Warriors were imploding.

From New York Times • May 23, 2018

Towns and villages in the Sunni heartland were imploding even before Isis forces arrived.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2017

By their freedoms, they were imploding into their own hungers just as she was imploding in memories of last night that she couldn't quite shake.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)