tanked
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Early in his L.A. tenure, Walden landed a solid gig scoring movies made for television, a business that tanked with the advent of reality TV.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Industrial energy demand tanked and has never recovered as businesses closed down and sought to burn less gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
See: As global markets tanked over Iran, U.S. stocks were mostly unscathed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
When stocks tanked, Treasury prices have been following suit.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
I clicked up some history on the area, heavily industrial, at least until the economy tanked.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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