fizzle
Example Sentences
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Such support, combined with a weak dollar and a potential Federal Reserve rate cut, means the global economy might stay on its feet in 2026, provided the AI boom doesn’t fizzle.
A much-touted nuclear renaissance in the early 2000s fizzled when electricity demand flattened and the shale boom delivered abundant, cheap natural gas.
Defense Ministry said in its latest analysis Saturday that the Russian offensive personally overseen by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the General Staff of the Russian military, has fizzled.
From Seattle Times
Perry was looking to build momentum for a 2016 presidential run that ultimately fizzled in a matter of months — much like the case against him, which never went to trial.
From Seattle Times
Through it all, even after repeated mass killings involving the AR-15 that accounted for some of the nation’s darkest moments, efforts in Congress to resurrect an assault weapons ban repeatedly fizzled.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
