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These included allegations that Tom Brady deflated footballs in a January 2015 playoff game, which became a protracted and bizarre legal drama.

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.

After several failed attempts to deflate it, the officers finally managed to squash it into the back of a patrol car.

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Representing the new guard, Che chimed in that the mother “zipped around the room like a deflated balloon.”

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Some of the better jokes: “The woman zipped around the room like a deflated balloon.”

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