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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meltdowns
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Providers have responded by offering more detailed consultations, treatment breakdowns, and warranty information.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
18 June 2026 -
Coffee giant Starbucks recently dumped an AI tool intended to automate some inventory processes, while Yum is being sued by a Pizza Hut franchisee that alleges an AI system led to operational breakdowns that hurt sales at 100 locations.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
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Hanging Lake Trail in Glenwood Canyon CBS The project, led by a partnership of federal, state and local organizations, was designed to create a trail capable of withstanding future disasters while preserving the experience that has made Hanging Lake one of Colorado's most popular destinations.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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And some satellites are even able to watch over humanmade disasters, such as this one that caught Blue Origin's rocket explosion from space.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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But the sitting president having an active stake in certain companies has raised alarms among ethics experts and Democrats on Capitol Hill, who say the arrangement leaves the door open for corruption.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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That’s raising alarms at a difficult time for the cattle industry, as drought and high production costs have culled the nation’s herd to a 75-year low.—
Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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Because these kinds of collapses often happen with little or no warning, any orangutans had very little time to escape.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Sustain the releases across a wide enough area for long enough, and the population starves itself of offspring and collapses.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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Your Night Manager and Something Very Bad characters both made big decisions that led to bloodbaths.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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Naturally, the theft of the ghost shirt by the stooges in the employ of Roy Lee is accompanied by many deceased bodies — the first of the many bloodbaths in Americana, which has a distressingly expedient approach to on-screen carnage.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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In early times, most humans barely paid attention to weather calamities because the region was so sparsely populated.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Madonna has made music through various calamities that at the time felt world-ending — wars, political unrest, financial collapse — so the terrors of 2026 don’t seem to faze her.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Horrible things happen all the time, crises and catastrophes that defy language and imagination.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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Then there were climate catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina, the normalization of active shooter drills at their schools and a worldwide pandemic.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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That could’ve been it for the Allman Brothers, but Gregg recovered and the bruised band soldiered on through a series of further tragedies, including the death of bassist Berry Oakley, also in a motorcycle crash, in 1972.—
Steve Bloom,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Known for shows like Eastbound & Down and the Righteous Gemstones, McBride brings his comedic genius to this debut short story collection that tells the stories of men coping with life’s tragedies, both big and small.—
Caroline Reilly,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Meltdowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meltdowns. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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