deflate

Along with “burn rate,” funding gap became part of the financial lexicon in 2000, as the dot-com bubble was starting to deflate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

I deflate like a post-balloon that's lost its air, but I don't follow her.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

“Between eruptions, the volcano slowly inflates — which means the seafloor rises. ... And then during an eruption, it will, when the magma comes out, the volcano deflates and the seafloor drops down,” Wilcock said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

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

From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025

“Jason missed you today,” Mom says, and my happiness deflates like a balloon with the smallest tear.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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

I feel deflated, as though the air is slowly leaking out of me.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

The boat was poor quality, overcrowded and "appeared to be deflating upon interception", the prosecutor added.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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

Tighter monetary policy was also a factor around the deflating of the dot-com bubble, Perkins notes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 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

“Oh,” Juanita said, her ego deflating like a tire.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall