deflate
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A24’s sweeps-ploitation drama may deflate the TV host’s ego, but it’s so in love with its protagonist it can’t see he’s the least compelling character in the movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Malcolm Marx plunged over at the back of juggernaut maul and a Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu penalty gave South Africa a cushion that Samisoni Taukei'aho's final-play try could dent, but not fully deflate.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Property investment, once an important driver of China’s economic miracle, is down 19% year on year as the real-estate bubble continues to deflate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Market mood swings could deflate the share price balloon well before that, though.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
I feel the anger that was swelling within me deflate as I turn the vial over in my fingers, inside my pocket.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
If the AI bubble ever deflates, these energy companies with no revenue have the farthest to fall and little in the way of a cushion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
It deconstructs the artifice of a rock show, making The 1975 seem more human - but equally, it deflates the excitement of watching a band in full flow.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
But I think that greatly deflates the more potent message that Jonze was trying to deliver.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
“Jason missed you today,” Mom says, and my happiness deflates like a balloon with the smallest tear.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated and started taking on water halfway between France and the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Social media cut a different pattern, in which individual companies deflated even as the entire market grew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
When the skin has collapsed into your palm like a deflated balloon, you lift the box grater and discover an almost implausible amount of ruby pulp underneath it.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Miig put his hand on my shoulder and I deflated, but only just a bit.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
His premiership, in the eyes of many on his own side, has been deflating for months.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Customs and Border Protection by roughly 32%, deflating its higher tariff obligations, the 2022 suit alleged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
There’s no sign of the AI bubble deflating yet and far from exhibiting signs of fatigue, the capital investment cycle continues its boom.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
After that deflating breakup, she had decided to describe herself honestly on a dating app as “wordy, nerdy and kind of sturdy,” and not a lot of people responded, but one did, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
I lower my head, my spirit deflating by the second.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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