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tanked

[tangkt] / tæŋkt /
























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Early in his L.A. tenure, Walden landed a solid gig scoring movies made for television, a business that tanked with the advent of reality TV.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

However, prices tanked on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said war on Iran was "going to be ended soon" and it emerged that the Group of Seven developed nations would discuss tapping stockpiles.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Read: As global markets tanked over Iran, U.S. stocks were mostly unscathed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

In the end, it took a top artificial-intelligence startup to halt a market panic that has tanked the value of software vendors by hundreds of billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

I clicked up some history on the area, heavily industrial, at least until the economy tanked.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin