as in fails
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 flames out
Talk is cheap, and if Sumrall flames out while Kiffin wins a few national titles at LSU, Florida fans will barely remember the rosy honeymoon period with their latest head coach.
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Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out.
—Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flames out
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Biomimicry often fails when the design is too large, Hassanalian says, but is most efficient on the microscale.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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Between her thirst-trap selfies and fabulous rendezvous, the 84-year-old never fails to deliver in the content department.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
25 May 2026
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And Artificial Integrity collapses when ethical purpose, moral recognition, and social legitimacy become internally deficient or mutually incompatible.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The other satellite system, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), typically uses radar imaging to continually map and track changes across the Earth’s surface, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and ice sheet collapses.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
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Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in f—ing basketball history, flops.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Why the quest will fall short And finally Shohei Ohtani hits three homers and strikes out 10 in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Perfect Tom strikes out once again, not on the look but on the flavors.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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This bag has an enormous main compartment that can hold bulky clothing items, a laptop compartment that keeps electronics tidy and folds down flat for easy packing, and multiple front-access pockets packed with slots of all shapes and sizes.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
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The falcon flies up high overhead, spots a target below, folds its wings into a streamlined shape and then drops into a steep dive.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.—
Christopher Weber,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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But for me, this narrative misses just how precarious the Premier League has become from a tactical point of view.—
Jon Mackenzie,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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That question misses the point.—
Sally C. Pipes,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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In it, a Native Hawaiian family struggles to reclaim the ancestral lands that colonization, tourism, and rampant development threaten to overrun.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Over the last few years, Keira has lost her ability to speak, has started having seizures, and struggles more and more with walking.—
Elise Esposito,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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