deflate
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According to testimony from the two survivors, their flimsy boat began to deflate and take on water after several hours at sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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
Price increases for all the stuff needed to flesh out AI technology are unlikely to deflate anytime soon.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
“Just as fast as it could come up, it could come down,” he said, pointing to the struggles of private companies that raised capital at high prices in 2021 only to see their values deflate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
But I think that greatly deflates the more potent message that Jonze was trying to deliver.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Ellis deflates and claims homework time in her bedroom.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated and started taking on water halfway between France and the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
Leave her deflated, feeling nothing but a vague restlessness.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Hampton would’ve done more if not for deflating injuries that limited him to 10 games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Prior to this latest episode, the last time the number of negative-beta stocks peaked was in early 2001, as the dot-com bubble was deflating.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The boat was poor quality, overcrowded and "appeared to be deflating upon interception", the prosecutor added.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Then they would promptly sidestep or bet against it, deflating the bubble before it could expand anywhere near the bursting point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Her salt- and-pepper hair turned completely gray and her robust figure sprang a slow leak, so that she seemed to be deflating day by day.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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