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fizzle

verb as in collapse, fall through

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Homeland Security agent reportedly tried to recruit Maduro’s chief pilot to fly the president into U.S. custody, a plot that fizzled but hints at the psychological ops now in play.

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Given her considerable know-how and compelling background, why did Atkins’ campaign fizzle?

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They then melt on your tongue with a slight fizzle.

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In the end, however, Takaichi persuaded the Japan Innovation Party to back her candidacy and the opposition push fizzled amid disagreements over policy.

Hession said communications then "fizzled out" as he started to ask himself "did that really happen"?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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