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slang

tanked

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verb

past tense of tank

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of tanked
Adjective
Some of the frustration is also economic: His ever-shifting tariffs have raised expectations of a recession and tanked consumer confidence. Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Casablanca was based on a play that instantly tanked. Peter Bart, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 As stocks tanked following news of President Trump’s new tariffs, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu got billions richer. Gigi Zamora, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 The same report showed a surge in forecasts for higher unemployment over the next year, while expectations of being better off financially in a year hence tanked. Rob Wile, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2025 The Supreme Court’s early indications boosted the shares of companies behind rival platforms, but shares of Oracle, which hosts U.S. TikTok data, tanked 5% Friday. Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 CrowdStrike’s stock price predictably tanked after the July 19 outage disrupted various services across the nation, from flights to court dates to hospital appointments. Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024 Watch on Netflix Mank An intricate study of a cinematic masterpiece or two hours and 11 minutes of Gary Oldman lying around and getting tanked in bed? Matt Kamen, WIRED, 6 July 2024 Kimmel began, aiming for the tanked Marvel film starring Dakota Johnson. Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Verb
But Dotres also pointed to Miami’s rising cost of living, driving families to less expensive cities, declining birth rates, and transfers to private schools as reasons enrollment tanked this year. Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025 Shares in food and clothing conglomerate Associated British Foods tanked on Wednesday, as sales at the key Primark retail division undershot forecasts. Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Cattle prices rallied and shares tanked. Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 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 Voluntary and involuntary staff departures in recent years have tanked web traffic and left it with a skeleton crew. Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Furniture stocks, such as Wayfair, William-Sonoma and Restoration Hardware, all tanked in after-hours trading Friday evening following a big day of gains across the stock market after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened up the door to an interest rate cut. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 Rove compared the third possibility — which Rove said would result from either no agreement or from an agreement that Russia breaks — to the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, when former President Biden’s poll numbers tanked and never recovered. Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025 Some investments tanked, and members of the firm would find themselves at New York City bars afterward, reeling. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanked
Adjective
  • Make people mad, say something racist, interview a drunk girl outside a Chili’s about anal.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s a guy who’s just married, on his honeymoon, drunk off his ass, and being given the steering wheel to a plane with 400 people behind him.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The two girls were killed in a drunken-driving hit-and-run collision, theDepartment of Homeland Security said, by a man in the United States illegally who fled the scene of the crime.
    Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Court records show that Nechville was convicted of drunken driving in 2019 and 2023.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Smith’s extended lunge was needed as Chapman’s throw barely beat Pages’ speed, but Smith instantly collapsed onto his side.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • As usual, Florida’s offense looked stagnant and rarely gave the sophomore quarterback good options before his pocket collapsed.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Contestants from all across the nation will face rigorous tests that mirror the real-life journey of a comedian — from brutal open mics to bombed sets, rewrites and the pressure of big-stage performances.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Yet most failed to note the hospital’s long-standing use as a base for Hamas operations.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Although his shoes contained 10 ounces of highly explosive material, his attempt to light the fuse failed because of foot perspiration.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bring it all together: Transfer the fried chicken to the prepared baking sheet and top with the sauce, about ¼ cup of sauce per cutlet (reserve any extra sauce for serving), mozzarella cheese and remaining ¼ cup of parmesan cheese.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Besides fried chicken, what menu items are at Popeyes? Aside from fried chicken, the menu items at Popeyes include popcorn shrimp and shrimp tenders, Cajun rice, Cajun fries, homestyle mac & cheese, and mashed potatoes with Cajun gravy.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Repeat alternating and folding until all ingredients are added and folded in.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The handheld food item is made with the brand’s Thin N’ Crispy crust, folded around toppings and cheese, then baked and sprinkled with Parmesan and oregano.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Tanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanked. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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