fizzle

Example Sentences

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The Ebola outbreak could swell into the next great pandemic, or it could be contained and fizzle out, which is certainly the preferable option.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Joachim Klement and Francisca Reis, strategists at Panmure Liberum, the U.K.’s biggest independent investment bank, have laid out three ways the AI trade may fizzle and the impact those scenarios could have on stocks.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

They simply can't afford to let their domestic season fizzle out, not when there is a Tyne-Wear derby to come at St James' Park.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

A once profound story of education success will fizzle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Maybe going to America was just a dream that would fizzle away; after all, who was I to think that I could go to America?

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane