fizzle
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The two were often spotted at events together, but as Perry’s star rose and Perez’s blogging tactics were called out as toxic amid a shift away from tabloid culture, their friendship seemed to fizzle out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
While several industry experts told MarketWatch that controversies over advertisements tend to fizzle out in the medium term, there’s always a chance that damage to its brand could linger.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
With Diego and Faraci both gaping at me, hope and optimism relentlessly beaming from them, my resolve began to fizzle.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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If the boomer boom fizzles, you still own one of the world’s largest diversified pharmaceutical companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
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
And then, of course, there’s the risk the AI bubble fizzles and utilities are left with too much capacity.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
The pain was starting to go away, like a humongous wave that crashes with a lot of noise and spray but then slowly fizzles away into nothing.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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His career in Hollywood fizzled out over the last two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The data suggests that home-buying demand has fizzled out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Raman tried to exempt newly built apartment complexes, but her proposal fizzled out in the City Council.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
But other new memory ETFs have fizzled so far.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The streetlight fizzled into darkness and then flared back to life and then fizzled again...darkness; light; darkness; light.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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Should fizzling investment and consumption extend into the winter, Beijing may be pushed to act to reach its annual growth target of 4.5%-5%, economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
His relationship with Peter Schlesinger - the young Californian subject of many of Hockney's paintings - was fizzling out.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
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
Sometimes Journey comes out of the tests with smoke fizzling from her body.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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