evaporate
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In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes radiate heat and can eventually evaporate, apparently erasing all information about what fell into them — contradicting the quantum principle that evolution must preserve information.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Fifteen years ago, in an epic unraveling, McIlroy saw a four-shot Sunday lead evaporate with a collapse at Amen Corner — triple bogey, bogey, double bogey on holes 11, 12 and 13.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Northern Ireland's McIlroy saw his commanding lead evaporate during a dramatic day where he swung the door wide open to his rivals with a one-over par 73.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
That would make oil prices plunge because a massive premium from geopolitical risks would evaporate, he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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