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And Lefkofsky carries some baggage from Groupon, which saw its multibillion-dollar valuation evaporate soon after its IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Some millennials, in particular those who watched housing wealth evaporate during the Great Recession, may also see homeownership as “a liability,” said Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, a senior research associate at the Harvard housing studies center.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

The same is true when it comes to people: Since muggy air can hold less moisture, the sweat on a person’s body doesn’t evaporate as swiftly, which makes it harder to cool off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Clark held a five-shot lead going into the final day, but saw his advantage evaporate as McIlroy drew level with seven holes left to play.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Still, he had only to make an appearance at Y-12 for all the issues of logistics and construction staging and equipment design that had piled up in his absence to evaporate.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

There is no especially good reason for this, and it pretty much evaporates for the remainder of the eight-episode series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

It then rains, but the rain evaporates before it reaches the ground.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

When the black hole eventually evaporates, the information is not lost.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

And out of nowhere, my light mood evaporates.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Had she secured a second Olympic gold, the motivation to dive into the pro ranks might have evaporated.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

U.S. stocks fell Thursday as the brief calm in the bond market evaporated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

According to Judge Ferrero, Byrd and Roberts initially had a right to defend themselves, but that right evaporated once their attacker began retreating—while he still held his shotgun—and they moved toward him.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Their findings suggest that the material came from a region near the surface of its parent asteroid, where liquid water evaporated and left behind increasingly concentrated salts.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

I set the can on a steam pipe until the water evaporated, leaving bits of solid food in the bottom.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Teenage work has been evaporating across the nation since the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

It was a sign that the "spirit of Anchorage" has, if not disappeared, then at least started evaporating.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Pfizer faces a looming patent cliff and evaporating demand for its Covid drugs.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

Women fared somewhat better during this period because the social-service sector in urban areas—which employs primarily women—was expanding at the same time manufacturing jobs were evaporating.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander