fizzle
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County will take on about a quarter-inch to an inch of rain as the storm continued to fizzle out over the Pacific Ocean, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
While several industry experts told MarketWatch that controversies over advertisements tend to fizzle out in the medium term, there’s always a chance that damage to its brand could linger.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
As the fronts push south, they may fizzle out, meaning little or no rainfall for the places that need it most, in the south and east.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
"When that happens, triplets easily fizzle out before they ever meet. Molecules must be close enough for energy to transfer but separated enough to prevent quenching of excitons."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
The power might fizzle when the wind blew hard and leave them all in darkness.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
If the boomer boom fizzles, you still own one of the world’s largest diversified pharmaceutical companies.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Researchers believe the shock "fizzles" after reaching the outer boundary of a bubble created by gas that the doomed star had previously expelled.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
We explore what could happen if the boom fizzles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
So the school year fizzles to an end, and I wait.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
But other new memory ETFs have fizzled so far.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
French officials likewise used the occasion to try to revive a version of a 2015 nuclear pact, though that fizzled, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
German government proposals to include Coke Zero and other artificially-sweetened drinks in its new sugar tax fizzled out Wednesday after pushback within the ruling coalition and from businesses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nine months later, the index tallied its last record high before falling into a yearslong bear market as the dot-com bubble fizzled.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
A flicker of appreciation ignited across my chest, yet oddly the spark fizzled out.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
His relationship with Peter Schlesinger - the young Californian subject of many of Hockney's paintings - was fizzling out.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Hopes for a deal run high before fizzling, so markets have been reluctant to discount longer-lasting disruptions, Morgan Stanley analysts said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
The rebound in software stocks appeared to be fizzling out as Wall Street pivoted back toward the chip and server makers that have helped power the market to all-time highs in recent months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Briefly, Bailey Zappe, one of his backups, stirred up optimism before fizzling out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
If Abnegation is fizzling, it’s our fault—Robert’s and Caleb’s and mine.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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