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
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
These help maintain the quality of gas that’s already been poured into a fuel tank.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Mac Engel
october 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
In Chad Powers, new episodes available to stream Tuesdays on Hulu, Powell plays hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as the titular football player to join a new team after tanking his own college career.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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Verb
In one sweet photo, Brittany could be seen wearing sunglasses and posing by an aquarium tank with her three kids.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
These help maintain the quality of gas that’s already been poured into a fuel tank.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
In the last few years, MLB, NFL, NCAA and the NBA all have examples of players who have been busted for either betting on games, or effectively tanking to affect a bet.
—Mac Engel
october 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
In Chad Powers, new episodes available to stream Tuesdays on Hulu, Powell plays hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as the titular football player to join a new team after tanking his own college career.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tank
Verb
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The flowers are the best, even if the leaves are lame and flop over.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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In one second-quarter stretch, Smart checked in, hit a jumper, flopped to draw an offensive foul on Curry, then hooked his arm around Curry’s shoulder and wrestled the Warriors star to the floor, earning him a flagrant 1 foul and prompting a celebration from Horford.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This thinking also came out in the cage match between Jordan and Marie, which was positioned as punishment for Jordan speaking out during the rally.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Having lived her life in a cage, Beverly initially struggled to walk far—managing only a few steps before sitting down.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Beyond Meat shares have collapsed over the past five years, starting with a 48% plunge in 2021 and plunging further until Roundhill Investments added the stock to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME) on Monday.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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This experimentation is happening precisely because the old models collapsed.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Scientists at Rice University have engineered living cells to light up like tiny beacons, revealing protein changes in real time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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In order to prepare for the procedure, the teen had to undergo chemotherapy to strip her immune system so her body would accept the new bone marrow cells.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, said in a blog post on Wednesday that the currency intervention has failed and predicted a 15%-30% plunge for the peso is highly likely if voters reject Milei again.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Congress failed to pass a budget or temporary funding measure before the federal fiscal year ended on October 1, forcing many federal agencies to cease all non-mandatory operations.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For a contest in 1994 during the homecoming pep rally, students were accumulating pennies in milk jugs.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bobo, a depressive with a habit of finding a pick-me-up at the bottom of a bottle, checks into rehab and puts a plug in the jug for good; Ferrara’s father never dries up, and in 1980 follows his first suicide attempt with a second, successful one.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An art conservator who'd prefer to be immersed in detail work, Sarah is bombing as the host of a dinner party where her entrepreneur husband (Tom Riley) hopes to impress an obnoxious prospective investor (Tom Goodman-Hill) when a literal explosive goes off in her neighborhood.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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In response, Ukrainian tech innovators are looking for alternatives that would enable the robots to drive faster to increase their chances of completing their missions before they get spotted and bombed by Russian kamikaze drones.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Clement gave the Blue Jays the lead in the sixth inning — in Woo's first major league appearance out of the bullpen — by dumping a single into right field to score Alejandro Kirk from second base. Springer, 36, carried over his success from a resurgent regular season into the ALCS.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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And here is something that should give Dodger fans reason to at least exhale: The bullpen issues of the second half of the season might at last be behind them.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Tank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tank. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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