Sentence examples for surprise collapse from inspiring English sources

Nervous investors fear that support for Hollande, and the surprise collapse of the Dutch government, reveal a growing Europe-wide backlash against the austerity policies Brussels believes are the only way of safeguarding the single currency.

The surprise collapse last week of the talks in Athens raised the prospect that Greece might not receive a crucial 30 billion euro payment and might miss a make-or-break 14.5 billion euro bond payment on March 20 — throwing the country into default and jeopardizing its membership in the euro zone.

The by-invitation-only attendees at the World Economic Forum, an event that caters to a political and business elite and has long championed the march of capitalism and Western values around the world, are treating the surprise collapse of the Seattle talks as the first real crisis to confront globalization since the fall of Communism.

He said that even then the speed of the collapse surprised them all.

I was surprised that the collapse a few years ago of Long-Term Capital Management was not mentioned.

Once, his strength failed on a march, and his Chinese guide, who had only recently been assigned to him, was surprised at his collapse.

Sea ice experts on Friday said they were surprised by the collapse because weather conditions were not especially conducive to a major melt this year.

The fall of Palmyra also raises questions about the fighting capability and cohesion of Assad's remaining troops and allied militias, whose rapid collapse surprised observers, given their close proximity to supply lines and the strategic importance of the city.

The fall of the city raises questions about the fighting capability and cohesion of Assad's remaining troops and allied militias, whose rapid collapse surprised observers, given their close proximity to supply lines and the strategic importance of Palmyra.

A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn told Reuters that the company was surprised by the collapse of talks as progress was being made.

I'm not sure that anybody is surprised by the collapse of the teacher pipeline.