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Everything the Lakers did right in the opening minutes Wednesday quickly turned, as the team’s energy evaporated and their intentions gave way to bad habits.

Plans for more robust peacekeeping evaporated in the transition to the first Trump administration.

The way that an eight-point lead evaporated late on against All Blacks last weekend swung the spotlight onto England’s bench.

On X, where billionaire owner Elon Musk spent the lead-up to Nov. 5 amplifying conspiracy theories, talk of “election integrity” — from him and other rank-and-file deniers — evaporated as results came in.

By Friday morning, as the last votes rolled in from Philadelphia, splitting roughly 80-20 in Biden’s favor, it was clear that Trump’s lead had evaporated and could not be regained.