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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as in cage
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Recent Examples of tank
Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Fill the tank with water to watch Mama swim while her eggs hatch underwater, revealing up to five baby turtles.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
If the labor market is tanking or inflation is sticky next year, that won’t matter politically as long as workers still feel good about the economy.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Dressing in layers is the key to staying comfy while traveling during the fall, and this elevated tank will be a beautiful base component to add to your suitcase.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Fill the tank with water to watch Mama swim while her eggs hatch underwater, revealing up to five baby turtles.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
In Tuesday's rankings, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression tanked IU's score largely because leadership cancelled a speaker in response to the anti-DEI movement and placed a sniper atop the student union during 2024's pro-Palestine encampment.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
If the labor market is tanking or inflation is sticky next year, that won’t matter politically as long as workers still feel good about the economy.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
Verb
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Between 1958 and 1978, 30 of the low-budget comedies were churned out (a revival in 1992 flopped), attracting millions of viewers worldwide.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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The strategy created momentum, but Llama 4 flopped when it was released in early April 2025—at which point, Pineau had already submitted her resignation.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Equipment includes cages, outdoor runs, treadmills, and a microchipping kit.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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These materials will be used to build the powerful magnets that form a magnetic cage to confine plasma heated to temperatures exceeding 150 million degrees Celsius (302 million degrees Fahrenheit).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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By this time, the Soviet Union had collapsed, leading Manuylov to start a business in the candy trade.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Luckily, the airport had a failsafe in the form of a ground material designed to collapse under the plane's weight and stop it in its tracks.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The medication works by destabilizing mast cells, or allergy cells, to decrease allergic inflammation, says Rauno Joks, MD, an allergist and immunologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, who was not involved in the study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Typical treatment uses an oxygen mask or hyperbaric chamber to overwhelm the body with oxygen, pushing the carbon monoxide molecules off the hemoglobin cells so that oxygen can attach instead.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Likely to have less impact on your buying decision (but still reside in the back of your mind) is that if one of the triple-panel fans fails, the entire triple-fan unit needs replacing, not just one fan.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
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The new glue has impressive properties, including its ability to withstand significant forces before failing.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our testers especially loved that the granules are packaged in an ergonomic plastic jug that makes lifting and tilting it a breeze when replacing the litter.—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.—
Aya Batrawy,
NPR,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Invita Cafe, a San Diego coffee shop, is being scrutinized and review-bombed on social media for pro-Charlie Kirk posts and products as part of a broader national response on both sides of the political aisle to last week's assassination of the conservative commentator.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Forget the marketing campaign that bombed.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, the bullpen failed to maintain the lead as the offense fell flat.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Depth is needed for the Cubs' pitching staff, and Buehler could certainly help as a swing man, working between the bullpen and starting rotation.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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