deflate
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Comedy capers like this usually deflate in the third act when their pleasures get punctured by unfunny gunfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He could deflate the exercise by declining to submit a projection of his own and could strip such hints from the official statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Market mood swings could deflate the share price balloon well before that, though.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was reminiscent of Roger Federer at his best, able to relieve pressure and deflate opponents by serving his way out of trouble.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
But it stopped after just one ring, and she seemed to deflate.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
If the AI bubble ever deflates, these energy companies with no revenue have the farthest to fall and little in the way of a cushion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
It deconstructs the artifice of a rock show, making The 1975 seem more human - but equally, it deflates the excitement of watching a band in full flow.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
But I think that greatly deflates the more potent message that Jonze was trying to deliver.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2025
Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla have identified a brain pathway that instantly deflates anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
It deflates them, reduces them to the common denominator where they can be dealt with.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
When the skin has collapsed into your palm like a deflated balloon, you lift the box grater and discover an almost implausible amount of ruby pulp underneath it.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
The subsequent years were some of the worst in market history after the tech bubble deflated.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
At 16, Semenyo was deflated, disillusioned and ready to give up on football altogether.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
“That doesn’t really tell us much,” she says, deflated.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The boat was poor quality, overcrowded and "appeared to be deflating upon interception", the prosecutor added.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Talkers, 2,172 of them, fill every stateroom on the cruise ship, American Fantasy, as it sets out on a four-day journey—“Miami, Bahamas, Miami, a small loop in the shape of a deflating balloon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
There’s no sign of the AI bubble deflating yet and far from exhibiting signs of fatigue, the capital investment cycle continues its boom.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
She takes in more of his deflating stalling before saying to him, in English, “Dr. Kim, I love you.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
I clammed up, my confidence deflating at the edge of derision in his voice.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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