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
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Hyundai's Sonata Hybrid is incredibly efficient and has a large gas tank.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The filmmaker is still mega-productive at 82, and his hits tower over those of his rivals — but Scorsese movies have also tanked with regularity.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
By virtue of their relative scarcity—there have been eight empty-the-tank outings since the century began—every Game 7 is an unqualified treat, but the Dodgers’ clinch was one for the ages.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Hyundai's Sonata Hybrid is incredibly efficient and has a large gas tank.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Little did Dunn know at the time that several years later, dating apps would tank under new dating expectations and sentiment from younger generations.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
The filmmaker is still mega-productive at 82, and his hits tower over those of his rivals — but Scorsese movies have also tanked with regularity.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
Noun
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But Walpole’s speed out of the cage, and all over the field, kept Andover off the scoreboard.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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For his final two pieces—with cage, clock, backpack, and rope behind him—Hsieh distilled his medium to time itself.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In the video, the mako shark bursts from the water and lands on the bow of the boat, flopping around before coming to rest near the front of the vessel.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lawrence has been open in past interviews about needing to take a two year break from Hollywood after making 16 movies in six years, a string of which flopped at the box office and only inflamed the public’s negative reception of her.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There is always a chance the stem cells could grow uncontrollably, crowding out native cells and damaging the brain.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Alzheimer's disease is associated with the abnormal accumulation of plaques and tangles within the brain that eventually lead to brain cell death.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Those shows come from a time when fisheries were collapsing and regulations meant to save them forced fishermen into a daily sprint to the bottom.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Gilbert is hardly the only celebrity lending their support to Ryder’s Law, which was named after a horse who died in Manhattan in 2022 after collapsing in the August heat.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To quench her thirst, the women served the baby sips of water from the plastic cap of a gallon water jug.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Not quite right – Helm does not have jug ears like that.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The Tigers also failed on their lone fourth-down attempt, a fourth-and-5 at the Texas A&M 27.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Horned Frogs outgained Iowa State 432-272, but failed to come out on top as the Cyclones snapped their four-game losing streak.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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With pitching questions in both the starting rotation and the bullpen plus a huge gap at third base, New York will have plenty of spots to fill in the upcoming offseason.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Not even necessarily for the beneficial bullpen vibes, though those wouldn’t hurt.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Neal, his co-pilot, a navigator and seven crew members headed toward Cannes, France, to bomb some roads.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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Serbia was bombed in 1999 for 78 days to force then-President Slobodan Milosevic to end his crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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