tanks 1 of 2

noun

Definition of tanksnext
plural of tank
as in cages

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tanks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tank
as in bombs
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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  1. coolers
  2. cells
  3. collapses
  4. fails
  5. struggles
  6. misses
  7. prisons
Noun
  • Ghost’s branding will be featured on team bench seat covers and water coolers.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Both coolers had an even distribution of food, root beers, and La Croix’s, and each held a block of ice tucked into their right corner.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024
Definition of coolers
Noun
  • The rain Sunday will follow systems that dropped some rain on the region Monday, a bit less on Wednesday and a couple of isolated cells — a quarter-inch on Mount Diablo; about fifteen-hundredths of an inch in Dublin, five-hundredths of an inch in Oakland — on Thursday.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • BCAAs help provide energy to skeletal muscle cells during exercise.
    Mary Choy, Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of cells
Verb
  • And then at some point, the house collapses.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Sleep apnea is a condition that causes a sleeper’s breathing to pause when the muscles of the throat relax too much and the airway collapses.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of collapses
Verb
  • For example, when a robot fails to pick an overweight item many times, a person on site can be notified to manually handle the item.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • From the solar eclipse, supermoons, and now a temporary second moon orbiting the Earth, the sky's paintbrush never fails to bring awe to our eyes.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of fails
Verb
  • The police video shows the officers milling about and talking as Nichols struggles with his injuries.
    Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The film mixes physical comedy, as when Iris struggles to sleep in her own bed after Apollo takes it over, with a tear-jerking exploration of the way animals grieve the deaths of their owners.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of struggles
Verb
  • Morrison misses his late partner’s gigantic belly laugh that would engulf everything in its orbit.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The rally in equity could be derailed if the central government’s fiscal stimulus package misses expectations, according to Macquarie Capital’s Hsiao.
    Anniek Bao,Sonia Heng, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of misses
Noun
  • They are being moved to six prisons across the state.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Officials said 841 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine were evacuated to seven different prisons.
    NBC News, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of prisons
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