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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
collapse .
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Examples
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Although her label collapsed last year in the midst of the global financial crisis, she has not completely disappeared from the fashion arena and her most recent project is a collaboration with Camper.
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Her expression collapsed to a flat, disengaged affect.
Death, Deceit & Some Smooth Jazz Claudia Mair Burney 2008
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THE late-season charge of Edinburgh Monarchs in the silverware stakes has resulted in a surfeit of extra meetings - but one Monarch who isn't complaining is Aussie reserve Aaron Summers whose finances this term collapsed faster than Lehman Brothers.
unknown title 2009
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Her expression collapsed into one of forlorn reminiscence before she continued on in her stranger’s voice.
Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979
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Her expression collapsed into one of forlorn reminiscence before she continued on in her stranger’s voice.
Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979
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In its most recent quarter, revenue fell 91 percent from the previous year, while gross margin collapsed from 30 percent to less than 5 percent.
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Then the financial instruments cobbled together for financial gain collapsed along with the mortgage market.
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The recent toxic sludge that flooded through Hungary after an alumina waste reservoir wall collapsed is a tragic reminder of the dangerous byproducts left in the wake of mining and dirty energy.
Little Blue Run: Is A Pennsylvania Coal Ash Facility Contaminating Water And Giving Residents Cancer? (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I had the good fortune to work with a rigging outfit for about three months, after a building I worked in collapsed and buried the bulk of the valuable machinery contained within, mostly printing presses.
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It was clear tens of thousands lost their homes and many perished in collapsed buildings that were flimsy and dangerous even under normal conditions.
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