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domino effect
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  • They weren't yet visible, but the lieutenant had passed the word down through a whisper that was relayed like a domino effect: "Fire on my command."†  (source)
  • As soon as one reporter saw him, there was a domino effect-flashbulbs burst like a string of fireworks; microphones were thrust in front of him.†  (source)
  • But it was John Kennedy who ordered a gradual escalation in the number of troops since taking office, hoping to ensure that Vietnam did not fall to communism and thus perhaps begin a domino effect that would see other Asian nations turn their backs on democracy.†  (source)
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  • "A reverberation," the announcer was saying from the living room, "that would cause a domino effect among the population, causing people to slowly go insane from the constant, unknown droning."†  (source)
  • Brew said the same thing about the domino theory.†  (source)
  • When one vowel changes, it has a kind of domino effect on the others.†  (source)
  • Lobel said something about the domino theory, how if Vietnam fell to the Communists then the rest of Asia might fall.†  (source)
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