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as in to flop
to be unsuccessful
her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots
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Recent Examples of tank
John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document
by John Bidwell
Rozina Ali
God’s Directive
After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.
—The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Of course, those are paper gains and Trump would have a hard time selling shares without tanking the stock price.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Every day, Pima County wastewater workers patrol the huge empty concrete tanks and processing plants, now vulnerable to vandalism, trespassing and copper wire theft.
—John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document
by John Bidwell
Rozina Ali
God’s Directive
After the September 11 attacks, evangelical American missionaries followed military tanks into Afghanistan and Iraq to convert Muslims as part of a holy war.
—The New York Review of Books, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The 1600 Newsletter: Is Joe Biden trying to tank the election for Kamala Harris?
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Of course, those are paper gains and Trump would have a hard time selling shares without tanking the stock price.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
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Opt for sustainable materials like gabions (cages filled with rocks) or interlocking permeable blocks to hold back soil while allowing water to seep through.Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
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Accessories Think about the little things that can make your workouts more enjoyable and efficient, like consoles, tablet holders, and water bottle cages.Danielle DiMeglio, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
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The following year, a series of sequels green-lit by Chapek—including Ant-Man, The Little Mermaid, and Indiana Jones—flopped badly, leaving the entertainment giant reeling.Michael del Castillo, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Partly because the first iteration, the Ray-Ban Stories, categorically flopped.Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2024
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Supplementing with taurine may help improve the body's sensitivity to insulin (a hormone that shuttles blood sugar into cells), reduce fasting blood sugar, and support overall health in people with diabetes.Jillian Kubala, RD, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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Audio clips from Wolff’s August 2017 interview with Epstein — two years before he was found dead in a jail cell — can be found at the Daily Beast’s website.Michael Schneider, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Democrats’ best hope may be that Trump’s minuscule battleground state leads will collapse on contact with the fearsome Harris turnout machine.W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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It was reported that a man was trapped under a tractor after a bridge collapsed on the property, which was in unincorporated Woodstock.Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Bring gloves, utility scissors and a clean milk jug.Staff report, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
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Councell tapped a plastic jug the size of a garden shed containing sugar water, nearby another full of corn syrup.Bill Weir, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
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The algorithm failed to de-age the neck on some subjects.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Taylor, in Bonneville County, has failed to provide any records to that committee for at least eight years.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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Scott would fortify the backend of New York's bullpen.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since removing Flaherty in the second, Roberts had managed his bullpen ruthlessly.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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On May 8, 2023, shortly before dawn, Jordanian fighter jets bombed Ramthan’s family house.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tim Lammers For example, the recent Warner Bros. Joker sequel—Joker: Folie à Deux—opened in theaters on October 4 but after bombing with moviegoers pivoted to PVOD 25 days later, on October 29.Tim Lammers, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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