Thesaurus results for FIZZLING

fizzling

verb

present participle of fizzle

as in hissing

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill

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Recent Examples of fizzling After a brief stint as an empty lot-cum-parking lot, the property was slated to become an Andaz Hotel, breaking ground around 2015 and then fizzling out a few years later. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026 On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards. —

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2026 But if recent trading trends hold, the market may continue fizzling into year-end instead. —

Sarah Min, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025 Chicago use-of-force case fizzling The class-action lawsuit that sparked an expansive order restricting immigration agents’ use of force in the Chicago area is fizzling out. —

Ella Lee, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025 Congress has less than a month before health insurance premiums are set to spike for millions of Americans, and hopes of a deal to mitigate the pain are fizzling. —

Christian Orozco, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025 That truce showed signs of fizzling this week, though, with China announcing strict new limits on exports of rare earth minerals crucial to high-tech products. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 This isn't just a five-star quarterback fizzling in the face of runaway expectations. —

Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2025 Justin Fuente, his successor, got off to a good start, winning 19 games in his first two seasons, before fizzling out, to be replaced by Pry and his mediocre tenure. —

Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025

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Meanwhile, the Bronx Zoo in New York has revived its annual tradition of naming one of the zoo’s thousands of Madagascar hissing cockroaches for $15.

— Julian Torres, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
Why Madagascar hissing cockroaches are actually romantic Naming a roach for Valentine’s Day is a great gag, but also these critters are capable of hissing their way into your heart.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026