as in cage
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as in to flop
to be unsuccessful
her intended comeback movie tanked at the box office, and once again she was relegated to TV guest spots
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Recent Examples of tank
John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Wear it half-tucked with jeans, layered over a tank at the beach, or open with shorts and sandals for an easy summer outfit.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Josh Robbins, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Then there are those fighting and clawing to extend their NFL dream, such as Mason Reiger, who signed as a rookie free agent because his draft stock tanked because of medical evaluation.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
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Noun
James has enough gas in the tank to play at a high level, and the Lakers have enough on-ball players.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Wear it half-tucked with jeans, layered over a tank at the beach, or open with shorts and sandals for an easy summer outfit.
—Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Verb
Attendance at Capital One Arena during the miserable 2025-26 tanking season was among the league’s worst, but longtime Washingtonians know how hungry the city and its surrounding suburbs are for a sustained winner.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Then there are those fighting and clawing to extend their NFL dream, such as Mason Reiger, who signed as a rookie free agent because his draft stock tanked because of medical evaluation.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
Noun
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On the upper, the brand’s ToeTection abrasion cage provides durability and protection while helping establish a lockdown support.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Remain outdoors when cleaning any equipment associated with raising or caring for poultry, such as cages, feed, water containers and other materials.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Verb
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That flopped, as have all subsequent attempts to protect nature permanently and on a large scale through the use of markets.—
John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens, Fred Hoiberg, John Calipari, Tim Floyd, Lon Kruger, Mike Montgomery, Leonard Hamilton all left college to try the NBA, and most flopped.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
Noun
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In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Vaccines present either defanged pathogens or distinctive fragments of them to specialized immune cells—namely, T cells and antibody-producing B cells—that can then learn to identify those microbial enemies.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The weekend, for all its promise, tends to collapse into logistics, half-finished to-do lists and the quiet companionship of two people watching the same screen.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Intellectual humility — the willingness to update your beliefs when the machine pushes back, rather than digging in or collapsing entirely.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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For everyday dirt, though, a DIY jug does the job — at a fraction of the price.—
Ryan Brennan
May 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Verb
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In early 2022, after the state failed to pass a ban on such care for minors, Paxton wrote a legal opinion declaring transition care for minors to be child abuse.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
16 May 2026
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The city filed a lawsuit saying the federal government failed to perform required reviews of how the project would affect the health and safety of residents and the environment.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
15 May 2026
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The Tigers, who entered this series with a depleted starting rotation, will likely put together a second consecutive bullpen game.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Santos also allowed two runs in 1 1-3 innings on Saturday and San Francisco needed fresh arms in the bullpen.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Most of these guys bomb because they can’t get used to the losing.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
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Well this immigrant grandma never murdered 180 schoolgirls in Iran by bombing them to pieces.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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