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Recent Examples of imploded
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
The Eagles, meanwhile, imploded, and Hurts’ longest completion all day was a 20-yarder to Barkley on their final drive.
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Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
In a dusty annex at a Santa Monica courthouse on Tuesday, Kevin Spacey detailed the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of people in his orbit to recover money from the imploded final season of the Netflix show.
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Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
Without you this past season, the Pacers absolutely imploded.
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Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The Bank opened in 2004 in the parking lot next to the Vet, which was imploded.
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Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
By comparison, the New Haven Coliseum, which was slightly larger, closed 24 years ago and was imploded a few years later.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
With the craft's communications failing within the first two hours, the submersible imploded upon descent, resulting in their instantaneous deaths.
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Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
However, then everything fell apart as the offense imploded in the second half.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Four years after Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt gifted the trophy to Italy, Les Bleus self-imploded during a disastrous 2010 campaign that embarrassingly ended at the group stage.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Just one week after it was announced, the Great American State Fair concert series has pretty much imploded.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Adjective
Surely this scheme would go the way of his failed casinos, airlines, and other imploded ventures.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
The Eagles, meanwhile, imploded, and Hurts’ longest completion all day was a 20-yarder to Barkley on their final drive.
—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
In a dusty annex at a Santa Monica courthouse on Tuesday, Kevin Spacey detailed the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of people in his orbit to recover money from the imploded final season of the Netflix show.
—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Verb
For one, the corporation made major investments in WeWork, a coworking space startup that imploded in spectacular fashion in 2019, leaving the possibility that his all-in on AI could come to look foolish as well.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
Without you this past season, the Pacers absolutely imploded.
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Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The Bank opened in 2004 in the parking lot next to the Vet, which was imploded.
—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
By comparison, the New Haven Coliseum, which was slightly larger, closed 24 years ago and was imploded a few years later.
—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
With the craft's communications failing within the first two hours, the submersible imploded upon descent, resulting in their instantaneous deaths.
—
Dan Snierson,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
However, then everything fell apart as the offense imploded in the second half.
—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
Four years after Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt gifted the trophy to Italy, Les Bleus self-imploded during a disastrous 2010 campaign that embarrassingly ended at the group stage.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Just one week after it was announced, the Great American State Fair concert series has pretty much imploded.
—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imploded
Adjective
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Heavy equipment had to be brought on site to remove parts of the collapsed roof.
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The collapsed building in the historic Wilhelminian style contained rental and vacation apartments, police said.
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Instead of slowly fading, as expected, these exploded stars have dramatically varied in brightness over the course of 14 years.
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If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe.
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No amount of paint can hide cracked plaster, bumps, nail holes, or uneven textures.
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Never soak leather or put it in the washing machine, which can result in dry, cracked, misshapen gloves that end up in the trash.
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If employees have to research eligibility, split transactions, save receipts and manually file claims, many will simply choose not to use the benefit.
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The prospect of a split upper band in EU member states raises technical challenges around coexistence and potential interference.
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The Armenia Alliance bloc led by former President Robert Kocharyan is hovering around 10%, while the rest of the splintered opposition remained in the mid to low single digits.
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The increasingly splintered ways in which voters seek information, fueled by the rapid changes in technology and media, has kept political campaign strategists on their toes.
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.
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Jury sees wrecked boat, crash re-enactment On the fourth day of trial, the jury hopped into a black Dodge van escorted by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies.
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Antunez got out of the wrecked vehicle and tried to flee on foot but was arrested by an OHA officer.
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Various countries are deploying rescue teams to Venezuela and pledges of foreign aid are pouring in after twin earthquakes destroyed neighborhoods and devastated communities.
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With this growth came the construction of new factories, freeways and high-rise condos, while devastated wetlands once inhabited by cranes were systematically drained and repurposed for human use, never to return.
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“Imploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imploded. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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