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flameouts

noun

plural of flameout

as in demises

a loss of status before her sudden, self-inflicted flameout, she was one of the state's brightest political stars

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Recent Examples of flameouts This is an important season for Herbert, the 28-year-old quarterback whose regular-season flashes have consistently turned into playoff flameouts. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 28 July 2026 Usually when an actor in a major role skedaddles a series in mid-stream — because of firings, feuds, contract fights, health crises or creative flameouts — the show finds a way to go on. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026 But the ghosts of flameouts past are gathering, and the region is loaded with potholes. — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Bravo also lived through the dot-com bubble, which scarred a generation of tech investors whose speculation fueled a series of very public flameouts. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026

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Noun

SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company Musk founded in 2002, has endured a few more fiery demises of the mammoth Starship rocket since that explosive debut.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 May 2026
No reason was provided for the shops’ demises.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025

Definition of demises

Noun

Thematic methodologies have been one of the downfalls of contemporary museology (and art history) generally, a crisis of collective memory and the historical imagination overall.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
But the Explorer’s acceleration is loud, prompting one of the vehicle’s few engine downfalls.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026

Definition of downfalls

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Last week, City & State reported payments were late again this year in 3-K and Pre-K, and The New York Times later reported the same setbacks were also straining the new 2-K pilot program, renewing scrutiny of the delays.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 31 Aug. 2026
More than four decades ago, after months of setbacks in the war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, thousands of young Iranian troops launched a surprise offensive that turned the tide.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

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