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
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Filling the tank went from around $18,000 to about $41,000.
—Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
After the Warriors’ 110-105 win over the Kings on Tuesday, Green urged the NBA to take a more bold stance on issuing teams for tanking.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Make sure your gas tank is full.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Apr. 2026
Filling the tank went from around $18,000 to about $41,000.
—Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
Shaking his head at Chase Center’s postgame podium after the Warriors beat the tanking Kings – with no Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan or Zach LaVine – Green scoffed at the play-in.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
After the Warriors’ 110-105 win over the Kings on Tuesday, Green urged the NBA to take a more bold stance on issuing teams for tanking.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
Noun
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What sets Beast apart from the glut of combat sports films is its refusal to stay inside the cage.—
Sean Sennett,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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We were taken diving without a cage in water that had been chummed with blood to attract sharks.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The crop can be harvested at anytime, but most gardeners leave bulbs in the ground until the tops decline and flop over.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Media companies a decade ago raced to engage young, bilingual Latinos by launching start-ups, including a joint venture between ABC News and Univision called Fusion that flopped.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Parenthood alum discussed his father Dave Shepard's longtime health struggles and addiction journey, culminating in a diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma in 2012.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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What's more, fiber is essential for digestion, while lignans protect cells from oxidative stress.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Demolition and recovery operations will resume Sunday morning at the site of the parking garage that partially collapsed this week in Grays Ferry.—
Ryan Hughes,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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As bat populations have collapsed, farmers have turned to more expensive and less effective alternatives like pesticides.—
Leah Campbell,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Leaphorn yanks the jug his way (despite being cuffed) and is able to put the filter packet down his pants.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.—
Caroline Fraser,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Minnesota had another power-play chance after Rantanen's slashing penalty with 2 1/2 minutes left, but failed to score even with an extra skater after pulling Filip Gustavsson out of the net.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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But that figure predates major advances in cleanup technology and fails to account for available state and federal funding.—
Charles Rilli,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Sox bullpen let a one-run lead get away in the ninth inning.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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But, at the moment, the most important needs for the Rangers are working deGrom back into the rotation and preserving fresh arms in the bullpen.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Residents say the Israelis have prevented residents — most of whom work in agriculture — from accessing their farmland near the border; other fields were bombed with white phosphorous, Lebanese authorities said, destroying vegetation and thousands of trees.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The president set the deadline in a Truth Social post on Sunday, after issuing a profane message renewing threats to bomb key Iranian infrastructure if Tehran does not open the strait –– a chokepoint in the global energy trade.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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