fizzle
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As the fronts push south, they may fizzle out, meaning little or no rainfall for the places that need it most, in the south and east.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
"When that happens, triplets easily fizzle out before they ever meet. Molecules must be close enough for energy to transfer but separated enough to prevent quenching of excitons."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
When the relationships fizzle, when the job sucks, when things don’t work out the way you plan, you know they’re always there for you.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Despite years of work, there is no word on whether a viable vaccine is any closer to reality, causing the gains to fizzle some.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
They did little but pop and fizzle and stink.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Researchers believe the shock "fizzles" after reaching the outer boundary of a bubble created by gas that the doomed star had previously expelled.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
If the AI boom fizzles or the energy consumption of data centers wanes, they worry residents could be left paying off the infrastructure upgrades years from now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
A star quarterback fizzles, a new hire doesn’t work out—and so it’s back to the basics.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
In fact, within the thermonuclear research community, Livermore’s reputation was marred by the almost comic fizzles of the first devices it readied for testing.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
She realized the need for a video version after one job application fizzled: Thompson declined a potential employer’s request for an AI-powered interview, which was labeled a “vibe check.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the American dream of winning the tournament for the first time fizzled out in shambolic fashion in the early hours of Tuesday morning with a hugely disappointing defeat by Belgium.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
What started off as a trailblazing music partnership between música mexicana band Fuerza Regida and L.A. label Rancho Humilde has now fizzled into a sticky online drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
That fizzled in the midst of a standoff between then-U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
It was then, staring at the emotional ruin of her face, the redness of her eyes, that the memory fizzled into the past.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Hopes for a deal run high before fizzling, so markets have been reluctant to discount longer-lasting disruptions, Morgan Stanley analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
The rebound in software stocks appeared to be fizzling out as Wall Street pivoted back toward the chip and server makers that have helped power the market to all-time highs in recent months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Murray, who moved back home to the Borders during the pandemic said: "My career was fizzling out so this was sort of me giving something back to the area I'm from."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
His dream of springboarding into politics with an antipoverty message was fizzling, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Sometimes Journey comes out of the tests with smoke fizzling from her body.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
