tank
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Deals with him to return migrants may improve Anwar's electoral prospects at home, but experts say it could tank Malaysia's credibility abroad.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Calculations by Tegan Hill and Nathaniel Li, economists at the Fraser Institute think tank, show that Alberta's total net contribution to Ottawa since 2007 has been C$322bn, or an average of around $17bn per year.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A few years ago, she moved to Jerusalem for a master’s in Middle Eastern studies and now works at a think tank in Tel Aviv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The average tank of gas cost about $60 to fill in early October, up from $43 a year earlier, according to GasBuddy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
On the left side of the motor was a small gas tank, and I unscrewed the top and looked in.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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He’s right, and farmers sitting on their own tanks of red diesel will feel it.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Behind the bar, yeast busily converted sugars into alcohol inside giant stainless steel fermentation tanks.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The research also demonstrates why studying shark hearing in the ocean can reveal information that is difficult to obtain in laboratory tanks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
He explained that the production of tanks was rising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The hardest thing to get used to was the German uniform everywhere, German trucks and tanks in the street, German spoken in the shops.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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In the end, injuries not only ended that dream but tanked his case for a third consecutive MVP as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The firm made an early bet on Miami’s burgeoning crypto economy, opening a Miami office only to close it two years later when the local crypto market tanked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The Lincoln’s extended deployment, already about three months longer than the typical carrier mission, appears to have tanked sailors’ morale.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
And then, of course, the economy tanked and the country defaulted on its debt.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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Advisers don’t see the recent bond selloff as a red flag indicating a tanking economy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Its bonds, meanwhile, are tanking, with longer-dated paper now trading at a two-percentage-point yield premium to Treasury debt, taking losses on the $25 billion sale past $300 million, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
After Miami’s Bam Adebayo scored 83 points against the Wizards last month, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra defended his decision to pile on against a tanking team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
The stocks of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were tanking, and it was clear that nothing short of the U.S. government could save them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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