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One think tank, Re:State, has suggested, external the government should allocate mayors 2.5p in every pound raised by the 20p basic rate of income tax in their areas.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

According to Robert McClelland, senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, a think tank, the highest effective rate—the amount of tariffs collected divided by the total value of imports—was 3% in Trump’s first term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The board singled out the persistent bombing of German oil and communications facilities as a factor that impeded the resupply of the Nazi tank army.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

That included a tank chase shot largely on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on the first day of filming, complete with a rig that let an actor swing with explosions going off behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

It was a propane tank turkey fryer and worked great for frybread.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Maëlys said her friends own big water tanks, which they then use to try to put out fires that flare-up to prevent them from spreading.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

There, rows of whirring white tanks filled with seawater host creatures like coral, giant clams and clownfish in what are meticulously controlled to resemble natural marine environments.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

These sacs act much like the ballast tanks of a submarine.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Storage tanks need a minimum amount of oil just to keep their pumps working; the industry calls it “tank bottoms.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The two of us together lobbied other countries’ governments to help fund programming for girls’ education while encouraging private companies and think tanks to commit to the cause.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

After Warsh’s second press conference as Fed chief Wednesday, stocks tanked and bonds also reacted badly.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The mNAV metric has a flaw that has grown acute as the prices of Strategy’s bonds and preferred shares have tanked along with its stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

You might want to lock in profits from a stock investment that has grown a lot, or sell something that tanked and use that loss for tax purposes to offset your gains.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Tech shares in Asia tanked earlier this week following a similar sell-off in the US on Friday amid growing concerns about stretched valuations.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

We’d taken the test the Monday after Marcus’s party, and I knew I’d tanked it when I turned it in.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Alphabet is one of a tiny number of companies capable of raising so much cash without tanking its stock, thanks to its near-monopoly in online search and credibility with Wall Street in new ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Suu Kyi travelled to The Hague to rebut charges of genocide against them at the UN's top court in 2019 -- tanking her reputation on the international circuit.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Hollywood, we all know, is tanking — what with AI, strikes, streaming, high L.A. costs of everything, talent drain, avarice, you name it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Because of this remark, oil prices, which had been soaring, plummeted—and the stock market, which had been tanking, recovered much of the day’s losses.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

The stocks of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were tanking, and it was clear that nothing short of the U.S. government could save them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis