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[tangk] / tæŋk /




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Warsh was a fellow at the Hoover Institution, a right-leaning think tank on the grounds of Stanford University, for 15 years after serving as a Fed governor from 2006 until 2011.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

There was a palpable kindness that emanated throughout, as though every employee was working in her honor, whether performing in a show alongside her blood relatives or selling bedazzled tank tops.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

"I haven't got enough in the tank to do that," Svyatoslav replies.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

“It’s just where the action is,” said Sean Randolph, senior director of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, a pro-business think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

The EMTs put a mask over her face and hook it into an oxygen tank.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Will his tanks run dry then, I wondered?

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Kyiv held talks with German company Rheinmetall about manufacturing hundreds of tanks on Ukrainian territory but the financing and orders never arrived, said Armin Papperger, the company’s CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

They reside primarily under the care of head prop master Andrew Crawford, who is currently making sure the small butane tanks — not unlike those used in camping stoves — have enough fuel.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

In industrial production, bacteria are grown inside large fermentation tanks and given carbon-rich materials such as sugars, starch, or plant oils.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The cellar shook as the American tanks rolled past the house, and, as Henry saw the immense tanks, he realized for the first time how frightening German tanks must have appeared to the Russian people.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Shares tanked 35%, leaving them down about 70% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“On Running has been having year-over-year growth that is unseen, and they still get tanked when earnings come through.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

After Warsh’s second press conference as Fed chief Wednesday, stocks tanked and bonds also reacted badly.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

We’d taken the test the Monday after Marcus’s party, and I knew I’d tanked it when I turned it in.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

Suu Kyi travelled to The Hague to rebut charges of genocide against them at the UN's top court in 2019 -- tanking her reputation on the international circuit.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

Buffalo attempted to rectify the situation by tanking for high draft picks.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

And it was ripe with free-throw-abetting fouls by the Washington Wizards, an actively tanking team that got itself blown out, 150-129.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 11, 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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