fizzle

Example Sentences

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It is just as easy to find critics who think AI is just the latest tech fad that is doomed to fizzle before it achieves anything.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

It was such disappointment for a fiercely loyal set of fans to watch this season fizzle away to relegation.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Ebola outbreak could swell into the next great pandemic, or it could be contained and fizzle out, which is certainly the preferable option.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Joachim Klement and Francisca Reis, strategists at Panmure Liberum, the U.K.’s biggest independent investment bank, have laid out three ways the AI trade may fizzle and the impact those scenarios could have on stocks.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

They fly smoky circles around my head and then fizzle out.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston