petering out

So far, it seems that most, if not all, human H5N1 cases have involved the virus jumping from animals but petering out before spreading to others.

While the force of krump occasionally broke through — these elastic dancers can grab the beat with chest contractions — the show was slack, with wispy scenes, interlaced with speeches of introduction and empowerment, that kept petering out.

After drifting around Torino, West Ham United, Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur, his career was petering out.

They discovered that the event emitted X-rays that appeared to peak every 15 days, for several cycles, before eventually petering out.

Then throw into the mix that avenues towards another independence referendum were looked like they were petering out, particularly in the short and medium term.