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[tangk] / tæŋk /




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His patch is on top of an empty water tank, where he spreads out a sheet and arranges two pillows.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“Historically Pakistan always wanted to be seen as primus inter pares”—first among equals—“in the Muslim world,” says Farzana Shaikh, an expert on Pakistan at the British think tank Chatham House, in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Though not immediately visible to the naked eye, the ranch features a number of infrastructural updates, including automated irrigation and a fire suppression system that runs off an 18,000-gallon tank buried underground.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

They are particularly popular among white working class students, according to research by the Social Market Foundation think tank, external.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

For years, millions of gallons of sticky molasses had been stored in a building-sized metal tank.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis

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

Last time around, Walmart said people were putting less gas in their tanks as they tried to manage higher costs of living.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

Think tanks operate in the realm of ideas, and as everyone knows, there are different ways of measuring and presenting data.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

An EU Commission spokesperson expressed confidence that filling storage tanks to 80 percent of capacity "is sufficient to secure winter supply and it is technically achievable".

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The angry glow of the fires that erupted in Valdez when giant oil tanks exploded.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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

“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

In early trade, Seoul's Kospi was up more than two percent -- having tanked around 20 percent from its June 19 record high -- boosted by rallies in SK hynix and Samsung.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 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

But, when Mozeliak and I sat down in the Angels’ dugout the other day, he explained that the path forward in Anaheim should not be tanking.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Its bonds, meanwhile, are tanking, with longer-dated paper now trading at a two-percentage-point yield premium to Treasury debt, taking losses on the $25 billion sale past $300 million, according to Bloomberg.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Alphabet is one of a tiny number of companies capable of raising so much cash without tanking its stock, thanks to its near-monopoly in online search and credibility with Wall Street in new ventures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 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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