as in to crack
to yield to mental or emotional stress
rather than melt down, the team strengthened their resolve and ended up winning the game
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as in tailspin
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as in collapse
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Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
The reactor in question is the sibling to the one that partially melted down in 1979, and most recently operated at a loss in 2019.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
An estimated 18,500 people died as a result of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown combined.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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The reactor that Constellation plans to reopen, Unit 1, is not the one the partially melted down in 1979.
—Spencer Kimball,gabriel Cortés, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
The reactor in question is the sibling to the one that partially melted down in 1979, and most recently operated at a loss in 2019.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2024
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Surprisingly, nuclear is at 32% (remember 3-mile island meltdown in 1979) while coal is only 5% and other renewables, including wind and solar, are a dismal 2.3%.
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
An estimated 18,500 people died as a result of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown combined.
—Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024
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Trees and vines overhung the road, and the pavement was cracked and breaking up along the shoulders, but none of it made for a difficult climb, only a bit sticky in the stagnant heat.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Traditional methods crack the case Normally, the scientists who monitor the PulseNet system will be the first to connect cases that become an outbreak investigation.Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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About two decades ago, an economic tailspin plunged the country into deep debt and austerity, dwarfing Greeks’ employment prospects and leading to their emigration for better opportunities abroad.Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 16 Sep. 2024
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Now, years into my career, most things that once caused a tailspin no longer do.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
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Following a bridge collapse on the property, authorities rescued a man after he was trapped under a tractor in an Illinois creek for more than 30 minutes.David Chiu, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Because Beijing for two years did little or nothing to mitigate the effects, these financial failures brought a collapse in home buying and the sharp decline in real estate values already noted.Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Things were going fair to middling with his candidacy until Biden’s catastrophic, catatonic debate performance in June, which caused a major Democratic freak-out and resulted in his grudging departure from the ticket and endorsement of Harris.Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Worry not: Renée Rouleau Rest Day Masque helps skin bounce back from ingredient irritation with an occlusive formula that seals in the soothing, inflammation-reducing benefits of shea butter, fatty acids, and vitamin E. No more flaky freak-out face.Allure, Allure, 26 Sep. 2024
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Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The rule could prevent a disaster like the one that happened with Synapse, where thousands of consumers lost access to their funds.Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Set in 1960s Italy, Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote villa in the wake of Sally’s nervous breakdown.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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As Greenberg, a carpenter on the back end of a nervous breakdown, Stiller lets his normally muscular shoulders slump forward and his eyes refuse to light up with their famous blueness.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Because surgeons are dirty little freaks, the bloodbath gives Owen and Teddy their first good laugh in probably months.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
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Instead of a terrifying bloodbath, the episode ends with laughter and misunderstanding, and a sweet and elegant solution for both the Baron and the Sire (New Jersey!), as well as great gags like the runner of no one being able to pronounce the Sire’s human name and Laszlo swallowing a harmonica.Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
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Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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He is accused of fatally choking 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Melt down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt%20down. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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