deflate

As assets deflate, investment follows and sometimes recession comes next.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Malcolm Marx plunged over at the back of juggernaut maul and a Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu penalty gave South Africa a cushion that Samisoni Taukei'aho's final-play try could dent, but not fully deflate.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

About 15 minutes into the chase, as the driver drove northbound on Western, officers attempted to throw a spike strip in front of the vehicle’s tires to deflate them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Market mood swings could deflate the share price balloon well before that, though.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

When I exhale, my stomach starts to deflate like air being let out of a balloon.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

If the AI bubble ever deflates, these energy companies with no revenue have the farthest to fall and little in the way of a cushion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

It deconstructs the artifice of a rock show, making The 1975 seem more human - but equally, it deflates the excitement of watching a band in full flow.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

But I think that greatly deflates the more potent message that Jonze was trying to deliver.

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025

A familiar resolution deflates the status the movie had earned up until that point as a wildly unpredictable work of trashy cleverness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

I blink them back and try for a lopsided smile … but it deflates and melts into an ugly grimace.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The residual optimism that briefly consumed me slowly deflated.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Chabria: Hilton, usually full of fight and energy, is looking deflated on stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The dot.com stock bubble had largely deflated, but investors still had memories of the robust economic growth and consistently high interest rates of the 1990s—and even the sky-high inflation of the early 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Little wonder, after leading United back to the Champions League so unexpectedly last season, Carrick is presiding over a club whose supporters feel deflated, even if he does not recognise that.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

He waited for the elf to admire the family tradition, but Brangwain Spurge just stared with repulsion at Werfel’s deflated past faces.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Getting here now — typing away while I sniffle with a cold, a life I wouldn’t change for the world — required carefully deflating a rapidly overblown ego.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

The boat had travelled between Calais and the UK and was deflating when it was picked up by border force vessels.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Dodgers suffered a deflating 9-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Dodger Stadium on Friday to start their final series before the All-Star break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

There’s no sign of the AI bubble deflating yet and far from exhibiting signs of fatigue, the capital investment cycle continues its boom.

From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026

Octavia’s light evergreen skin, which now hangs too loosely, as if her body were a slowly deflating balloon.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins