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[tangk] / tæŋk /




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Kyler Daugherty, a 43-year-old health care worker, summed up the sentiment as he filled up his gas tank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But there are others, like Jim Kessler with Third Way, a centrist think tank, who think Michigan shouldn't be the focus.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

By 2040, there could be some 1.2 million fewer workers in the workforce, and as many as 5.6 million fewer jobs, according to a new projection from Indeed’s in-house think tank.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

“The more this type of cooperation can be done, the better for the stockpiles of these common munitions,” said Jeffrey Hornung, a senior political scientist at the Rand think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

There was a fish tank in one of the third-grade classrooms, and the frogs would be put there until someone figured out where they came from.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Hippos swim in giant glass-fronted tanks, while other vast sections house reptiles and birds -- including penguins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The seafood stalwart — a Redondo Beach staple since 1953 — is outfitted to withstand small amounts of water, given its live-seafood tanks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

They affected thousands of wells, storage tanks and natural-gas processing plants, and required companies to replace leaky, older equipment and buy new monitoring tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Neighbors line up in the same spot, marking their place with tanks, buckets and jerrycans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

All of us wanted to believe the bravery of our soldiers could somehow defeat the mighty German military with all its planes and tanks.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

Alphabet plunged more than 12 percent, while Amazon tanked more than seven percent in after-hours trade -- having lost more than four percent before the close -- while Intel cratered 23 percent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

In the end, injuries not only ended that dream but tanked his case for a third consecutive MVP as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

This marks the second consecutive time Old Man Markey has fended off a former rising star in the party, having tanked Joe Kennedy III’s challenge in 2020.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

I clicked up some history on the area, heavily industrial, at least until the economy tanked.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

"It does have a big impact on households, that's why consumer confidence has been tanking," KPMG's Kim told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Advisers don’t see the recent bond selloff as a red flag indicating a tanking economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

But, when Mozeliak and I sat down in the Angels’ dugout the other day, he explained that the path forward in Anaheim should not be tanking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 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


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