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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.
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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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