evaporate

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Black and Indigenous Americans, labor organizers, immigrants, queer people, political dissidents, abuse survivors, and countless others have discovered that rights celebrated in the abstract can evaporate when exercised against the wrong forces.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

"Zidane did put me on the backside a couple of times because he's brilliant. But he's not going to evaporate, is he?"

From BBC • May 28, 2026

In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes radiate heat and can eventually evaporate, apparently erasing all information about what fell into them — contradicting the quantum principle that evolution must preserve information.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Methyl methacrylate can easily evaporate and linger near the ground as a dangerous vapor, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

“Oh, the greatest fun,” he answered, but in a voice so mournful, with an expression so profoundly miserable, that Lenina felt all her triumph suddenly evaporate.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley