1
as in defeat
a falling short of one's goals
the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship
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2
as in disaster
something that has failed
the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
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Recent Examples of fizzle
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2025
Startups fail, investments underperform, strategic alignment fizzles and you’re left with slide decks and press releases instead of revenue and impact.
—Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Harvard Business Review, 1 Jan. 2026
Without such direction, the current protests are likely to lose momentum and fizzle out, just like previous rounds.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Still, whether the mega AI data center boom keeps roaring or fizzles, Nvidia is positioning itself to own the invisible infrastructure that underpins whatever future system emerges.
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Leaders often blame uncontrollable factors—policies of previous administrations, hiring for a boom that fizzled unexpectedly, macroeconomic uncertainty, the rise of artificial intelligence—but all too often the real strategic issues go unaddressed.
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In just a number of months, voters will head to the polls for midterms, the first nationwide test for Democrats following their across the board defeat in 2024, itself partly due to perceptions that the party was too far to the left.—
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Advertisement But vulnerability isn’t the same as defeat.—
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More than a year after the disaster, which killed all but two people on board, much is still unclear about why the passenger jet crash landed.—
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The councilwoman emphasized that every neighborhood in Los Angeles is just one disaster from devastation.—
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As always, the kittens will be hissing from a luxury suite a safe distance away from the action.—
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The heaters hissed and clanked, let off steam, fogged up the windows.—
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If trees and powerlines collapse, there's a chance that patio furniture can become airborne.—
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The Sacramento Kings suffered another fourth-quarter collapse as their losing streak continued with another blowout loss.—
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Patients’ failure to take their medicine as prescribed is a major challenge that contributes to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs annually.—
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Continue reading … SKIDDING TO SAFETY – All plane tires burst on Boeing 767 during harrowing landing failure.—
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The underlying tension was bubbling up to the surface.—
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Remove the foil and continue to bake until the lasagna is tender all the way through when pierced with a knife, the cheese is bubbling and the top is golden brown, about 15 minutes more.—
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Conversely, collision coverage helps when your own car is damaged in a crash, whereas medical coverage helps cover treatment costs following an accident.—
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The Colorado State Patrol said the crash happened near Tordal Way, south of Frisco.—
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Your confidence can be a bulwark against disappointment in others in February.—
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On the disappointment of 2024 In April 2024, the Chiefs traded up one spot to select Suamataia out of BYU with the 63rd overall pick in the second round of the NFL Draft.—
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“Fizzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fizzle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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