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fizzle

[fiz-uhl] / ˈfɪz əl /


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But those businesses are nascent and could just as easily fizzle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

As the fronts push south, they may fizzle out, meaning little or no rainfall for the places that need it most, in the south and east.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

"When that happens, triplets easily fizzle out before they ever meet. Molecules must be close enough for energy to transfer but separated enough to prevent quenching of excitons."

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 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

“How could all our work just fizzle out in one afternoon?”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Researchers believe the shock "fizzles" after reaching the outer boundary of a bubble created by gas that the doomed star had previously expelled.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Those sailors who remain are trying to stay sane as their cell service fizzles in and out, compromising attempts to reach their family, employers and governments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

And then, of course, there’s the risk the AI bubble fizzles and utilities are left with too much capacity.

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

Her romance fizzles, but a passion is born: She’ll now explore cemeteries around the globe, musing on the tales they tell, the cultures they mirror.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Mr. Broadwas says it fizzles out in Red Earl Wood.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

But the American dream of winning the tournament for the first time fizzled out in shambolic fashion in the early hours of Tuesday morning with a hugely disappointing defeat by Belgium.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Craft beer and hard seltzers fizzled out after a few years of explosive growth, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

What started off as a trailblazing music partnership between música mexicana band Fuerza Regida and L.A. label Rancho Humilde has now fizzled into a sticky online drama.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

However, as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran fizzled, they rose again.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

A flicker of appreciation ignited across my chest, yet oddly the spark fizzled out.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Hopes for a deal run high before fizzling, so markets have been reluctant to discount longer-lasting disruptions, Morgan Stanley analysts said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

The rebound in software stocks appeared to be fizzling out as Wall Street pivoted back toward the chip and server makers that have helped power the market to all-time highs in recent months.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

That’s the funky mood in Boston, where the Red Sox are once again sideways and fizzling.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

Murray, who moved back home to the Borders during the pandemic said: "My career was fizzling out so this was sort of me giving something back to the area I'm from."

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

The whole thing again fizzling around us both, around our closeness, like a just-lit sparkler, and I didn’t know what to say back.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth




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