as in collapsed
to be unsuccessful
even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used
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Recent Examples of flamed out
Construction of the railroad flamed out and stopped in Utah — not California.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
And then a surprising proportion of the early front-runners or near-front-runners in the primary—Katie Porter, Eric Swalwell—flamed out of favor for reasons of their own authorship.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
The Knicks turned to experienced Mike Brown, which came off like Plan B at best, but while Brown has done a masterful job in coaching to his personnel’s strengths and leading the franchise over the playoff hump that tripped up Thibs, the Mavericks flamed out and fired Kidd last week.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Claypool flamed out in Chicago after catching just 18 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown over 10 games.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Or the 2019 Lightning and 2023 Bruins, which both flamed out in all-time first-round upsets.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
By the time the gold rush flamed out, more than $50 million had been mined—enough to justify the purchase many times over and silence Seward’s critics.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Most of the top Fox executives who tried to make the transition flamed out, but Walden thrived.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
The Cavaliers flamed out in the second round of the playoffs losing to the Indiana Pacers in five games and Hunter averaged 11 points in eight postseason games last season.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
And then a surprising proportion of the early front-runners or near-front-runners in the primary—Katie Porter, Eric Swalwell—flamed out of favor for reasons of their own authorship.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 2 June 2026
The Knicks turned to experienced Mike Brown, which came off like Plan B at best, but while Brown has done a masterful job in coaching to his personnel’s strengths and leading the franchise over the playoff hump that tripped up Thibs, the Mavericks flamed out and fired Kidd last week.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Claypool flamed out in Chicago after catching just 18 passes for 191 yards and a touchdown over 10 games.
—Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Or the 2019 Lightning and 2023 Bruins, which both flamed out in all-time first-round upsets.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
By the time the gold rush flamed out, more than $50 million had been mined—enough to justify the purchase many times over and silence Seward’s critics.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Most of the top Fox executives who tried to make the transition flamed out, but Walden thrived.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
The Cavaliers flamed out in the second round of the playoffs losing to the Indiana Pacers in five games and Hunter averaged 11 points in eight postseason games last season.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flamed out
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Niv Shisler, 24, an aspiring rapper who works at Dorfman’s restaurant, moved to the town last November lured by cheap housing when rents collapsed during the war.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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The project had to be unplugged within months — before being widely deployed — when the company behind it collapsed.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
Verb
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Two other ships owned by Lan, priced at about $175,000 each, have also failed to find buyers.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Staff at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System recommended Tuesday that the board drop United Healthcare plans after negotiations with the insurer over next year’s premiums failed to yield lower rates.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
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Thielbar has regressed, while free agent Phil Maton, Hoyer’s main bullpen addition on a two-year, $14 million deal, has flopped like last year’s big bullpen addition, Ryan Pressly.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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Replay shows the defender never made meaningful contact and the offensive player overly-exaggerated the contact (flopped).—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Sequence unraveled, and with it the onward rush, progression, the sense of one event coming after another; my understanding of cause and effect, of the chronological chopping-up of time both personal and historical—before and after, premodern and modern—all blurred, folded, unraveled out of reach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Companies tallied their emissions, governments folded those tallies into national inventories, and the rest of us took the sum on trust.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Maybe your flight was canceled, your luggage disappeared, you got stranded overseas, missed a cruise departure or learned a hard lesson the hard way.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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The consensus seems to be that the Mavs will target a point guard, which makes sense as the Mavs’ current lead guard, Kyrie Irving, is 34 and missed all of last season recovering from a torn ACL.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 June 2026
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Through five innings, the 27-year-old struck out seven batters and gave up seven hits while allowing two runs, continuing to cement himself as Miami’s most consistent pitcher in a season defined by injuries across the pitching staff.—
Tyler Carmona,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
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And with a runner on second in the fifth, Bellinger struck out on three pitches, swinging through each, including back-to-back 98-mph fastballs to end the inning.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
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Roadbeds may be washed out by floodwaters.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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That's because the odor is washed out in the rinse cycle, leaving behind only the benefits of adding it to the wash.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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Once her shots started to fall, the Sparks struggled to contain her.—
Jordan Puente,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The group struggled to find relevance in the aftermath of Kath’s death, largely thanks to shifting musical tastes.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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“Flamed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flamed%20out. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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