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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

A24’s sweeps-ploitation drama may deflate the TV host’s ego, but it’s so in love with its protagonist it can’t see he’s the least compelling character in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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

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

Then, I deflate the bedroom from the inside.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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 look at Camille, who deflates like a popped balloon.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Social media cut a different pattern, in which individual companies deflated even as the entire market grew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

When the skin has collapsed into your palm like a deflated balloon, you lift the box grater and discover an almost implausible amount of ruby pulp underneath it.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

Debris swirled in the dark waters—a deflated birthday balloon, a child’s pacifier, a little plastic bride and groom from the top. of a cake—all the remnants of human lives cut short.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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 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

His premiership, in the eyes of many on his own side, has been deflating for months.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Talkers, 2,172 of them, fill every stateroom on the cruise ship, American Fantasy, as it sets out on a four-day journey—“Miami, Bahamas, Miami, a small loop in the shape of a deflating balloon.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

It thinks it's just pumping the air out of a small area, but it's actually deflating the whole bedroom.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir