deflate
Example Sentences
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Kramer warns that if the team doesn’t deflate fast enough, the next balloon in the lineup “will just walk right over the top of us.”
Saudi Arabia is also pulling back on its government spending, with deflated oil prices forcing it to downsize many of its gigaprojects, Callen added.
From Los Angeles Times
His two drop-goals, deflating New Zealand's lead just before half-time, changed the complexion of the contest.
From BBC
He’d deflate them and “beat them up pretty good” to work in the leather.
“It’s been five months, almost half a year since all of this started,” Nicholas said, a bit deflated at the pace of human bureaucracy.
From Los Angeles Times
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