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
Price increases for all the stuff needed to flesh out AI technology are unlikely to deflate anytime soon.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
I’d giggle, hoping to deflate the tension between us, pretending that I hadn’t seen the glittering scorn in his glance.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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
A familiar resolution deflates the status the movie had earned up until that point as a wildly unpredictable work of trashy cleverness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
When she slams the window shut and tugs the curtains back together, my body deflates.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Its floppy feathers droop from the ceiling and stretch out across the ground, dominating the gallery after seeming to have deflated midflight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“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
“I didn’t mean to,” I say again, but my voice and my body and my soul are deflated.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
His premiership, in the eyes of many on his own side, has been deflating for months.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Tighter monetary policy was also a factor around the deflating of the dot-com bubble, Perkins notes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
Then they would promptly sidestep or bet against it, deflating the bubble before it could expand anywhere near the bursting point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
After that deflating breakup, she had decided to describe herself honestly on a dating app as “wordy, nerdy and kind of sturdy,” and not a lot of people responded, but one did, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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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