deflate
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Wilhelm said the artificial-intelligence build-out is proceeding in a different way from the dot-com boom that began to deflate in 2000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Property investment, once an important driver of China’s economic miracle, is down 19% year on year as the real-estate bubble continues to deflate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Sinking an early birdie on the fifth got the crowd going but starting the back half with bogeys on 10 and 12 threatened to deflate the mood.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was one of those cheap plastic ones that can deflate like balloons.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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
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
At 10:17 p.m., an officer threw another spike strip under the SUV, which successfully deflated at least one rear tire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Its floppy feathers droop from the ceiling and stretch out across the ground, dominating the gallery after seeming to have deflated midflight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
I deflated, sank my head into my hand.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
His premiership, in the eyes of many on his own side, has been deflating for months.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Customs and Border Protection by roughly 32%, deflating its higher tariff obligations, the 2022 suit alleged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The Lakers’ latest deflating loss could have used Doncic’s energy,his showmanship, his fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
She takes in more of his deflating stalling before saying to him, in English, “Dr. Kim, I love you.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Grandpop played and played, his cheeks inflating and deflating, his head rocking side to side, the sound sometimes really, really quiet, and other times piercingly loud.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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