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tanked

[tangkt] / tæŋkt /
























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Production tanked during the first and second Gulf Wars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

In February, it tanked trucking and transport stocks when it said it had an AI technology capable of increasing trucking efficiencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

That gummed up credit markets, tanked the value of money-market funds, and sent global stock markets into a tailspin.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

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

And then, of course, the economy tanked and the country defaulted on its debt.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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