tanked
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Earlier this year, Bitcoin tanked amid a selloff in software stocks triggered by concerns about AI automation.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
In February, it tanked trucking and transport stocks when it said it had an AI technology capable of increasing trucking efficiencies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
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
Read: As global markets tanked over Iran, U.S. stocks were mostly unscathed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 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
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