tank

Example Sentences

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Greeting visitors is a dire panorama of nonfunctioning wells, battered pipelines and empty storage tanks, among other markers of decline.

From Los Angeles Times

It became apparent upon inspecting the ship that oil had moved internally into tanks not designed to hold it, presenting "a huge safety issue" and "risk of explosion".

From BBC

NBA teams are increasingly losing games on purpose to improve their draft prospects and basketball must consider every possible remedy to stamp out deliberate "tanking," the league's chief said Saturday.

From Barron's

Jukeboxes helped save the music industry when record sales tanked during the Great Depression and people sought inexpensive entertainment after the repeal of Prohibition.

From The Wall Street Journal

“While more-educated women have the highest chances for a long-term marriage, college-educated men also stand out,” the think tank Pew Research says.

From MarketWatch