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as in to collapse
to be unsuccessful
a time when businesses were cratering left and right
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2
as in to plunge
to go to a lower level especially abruptly
the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11
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as in cave
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Recent Examples of crater
Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
So advocates updated their messaging, emphasizing that such workforce gains could crater if major new federal investments were not made soon.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 14 May 2024
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
The rocky roof above it—the ground within the caldera at the volcano's summit—now lacking supports suddenly collapses, quickly increasing the pressure in the reservoir and squeezing gas and bits of rubble through the vents in Kīlauea's crater.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Panic selling can ‘crater your portfolio’ Some investors are prone to panic selling during periods of volatility and then often miss the stock market recovery with cash sitting on the sidelines, research shows.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
So advocates updated their messaging, emphasizing that such workforce gains could crater if major new federal investments were not made soon.
—Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 14 May 2024
Noun
My family spent our time poking around easy trails, but the Sliding Sands Trail is an 11-mile point-to-point that drops through the volcano’s crater, traveling through rust-red and black lava rock terrain that many describe as otherworldly.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
The rocky roof above it—the ground within the caldera at the volcano's summit—now lacking supports suddenly collapses, quickly increasing the pressure in the reservoir and squeezing gas and bits of rubble through the vents in Kīlauea's crater.
—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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According to a 2021 Government Accountability Office report, collapsing the D.C. office drove out the agency’s most experienced employees and more than doubled the number of vacancies.—
Frederick Reimers,
Outside Online,
27 Jan. 2025
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Because several portions of the building had collapsed, firefighters were attempting to subdue the blaze from outside, Baltimore County Fire Department Cpt.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2025
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Six decades later, 9/11 once again plunged the country into wartime.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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In that moment, Avett had to keep the bad news under wraps, but inside his heart plunged.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Usually, archaeologists make bombshell discoveries when a trowel hits a skull or other telltale bone in the confines of a cave.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both returned to their old village, both rebuilt their lives, and both lived with the atrocity inside of them until death, retreating back into the caves and sleeping with a saw under their mattress, as if preparing for a resumption of hostilities at any moment.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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If the main trunk of the jade has gotten wildly overgrown and is flopping over under its own weight, lop it off.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Jan. 2025
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Which leads us to Better Man’s bitterest irony: All anecdotal evidence suggests the movie flopped precisely because the Williams-as-mo-cap-chimp conceit was just too highbrow to put butts in seats.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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The key to another Chiefs run could again be Kelce, who, at age 35, is coming off of a second consecutive season in which his statistics dipped.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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On average the phone lasts about 10-11 hours for me outside before the battery dips below 10%.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Paddle amidst the towering rock formations, the remnants of Virgin Gorda's volcanic past, to discover hidden caverns where waves and sand meet.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024
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On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Hidden beneath Earth’s surface are caverns and pathways that hold the secrets of our planet’s very beginnings.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
10 Dec. 2024
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On the other hand, one failing component could indicate that other parts of the oven will fail soon too.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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But the group failed to anticipate how the conflict might end.—
Erika Solomon,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Stunning stat: The snow that has fallen so far in New Orleans exceeds the January snowfall so far in the Twin Cities as well as Anchorage, Alaska.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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The burden often falls disproportionately on families, particularly caregivers, who navigate waitlists, insurance battles, and limited resources.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Crater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crater. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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