deflate
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Traders also see a 20% chance the bubble will deflate before July 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The risk premium embedded in oil prices appears to be exceptionally bloated, paving the way for prices to deflate, Julius Baer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
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
She took a deep breath but seemed to deflate further.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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
Domingo didn’t plan how to act that scene, but running smack into the harsh reality of the system, the actor visibly deflates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
When she slams the window shut and tugs the curtains back together, my body deflates.
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
While I still felt deflated at having been unable to turn the ship around, Tabla had enjoyed an incredible 13-year run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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 began with inflatable swimmies on my arms, which Mrs. Hagen deflated a little at a time.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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
Hampton would’ve done more if not for deflating injuries that limited him to 10 games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The boat was poor quality, overcrowded and "appeared to be deflating upon interception", the prosecutor added.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 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
Although Seven realized, deflating just a bit, that Valley still sounded like a kid.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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