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[van-ish] / ˈvæn ɪʃ /


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Less than 24 hours after losing Brazil’s presidential election, Flávio Bolsonaro appeared to vanish into a convoy of four dark cars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The bill’s backers insist that AM radio cannot vanish from the dashboard because it’s critical during emergencies.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

But extend that same stock picker’s holding period to three or 10 years, and those excess returns vanish.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But the disease did not vanish once that initial disaster passed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The scene had been clear and distinct, and he really had seen Angela vanish into thin air.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

But once a stolen car arrives in Mexico, it essentially vanishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Roll the account into an IRA and the exception vanishes permanently.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The patent cliff has driven a wave of acquisitions as drugmakers race to replace expiring revenue before it vanishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

That doubt usually vanishes once it becomes a “he said, they said” case.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

He releases me and vanishes down the hallway with his shoebox filled with valentines.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Clea vanished seven years ago, and Michael’s dad suggests that the homunculi — which he learned about from an Italian alchemist in Egypt — might be able to tell him what happened to her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Mountain ranges contain valuable records of Earth's distant past, preserving traces of vanished oceans, shifting continents, and the geological processes that transformed the planet over millions of years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Items belonging to a fishing boat that vanished off the north coast of the Isle of Lewis last week have been recovered as the search for the vessel and two missing crew members continues.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Last week, as the AI concerns grew louder, the discount vanished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

A rising starlet who, despite her years, had already nabbed a series of covetable roles beside the titans of the stage vanished without a trace after the opening night of Di Shturem: The Yiddish Tempest.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured a remarkable celestial sight: Earth briefly vanishing behind Phobos in the evening sky of Mars.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

“He believed that they should be protected as a sort of vanishing species. Well, that turned out to be madness, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Two or three times an hour I would sight him just ahead, fifty or sixty yards away, vanishing into the trees.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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