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fizzle

verb as in collapse, fall through

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Given her considerable know-how and compelling background, why did Atkins’ campaign fizzle?

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They then melt on your tongue with a slight fizzle.

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In the end, however, Takaichi persuaded the Japan Innovation Party to back her candidacy and the opposition push fizzled amid disagreements over policy.

Hession said communications then "fizzled out" as he started to ask himself "did that really happen"?

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In fact, expectations are part of the reason that despite big beats, many stocks’ post-earnings rallies have fizzled out.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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