as in to tail (off)
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Was this how a predator self-vanishes?—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026 -
Loyalty points may be worthless Clint Henderson, a travel expert with The Points Guy, said many Spirit Airlines customers could see the value of their loyalty points vanish, with little chance of recovering them.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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And what once looked like a breakthrough moment for this franchise is suddenly hanging in the balance – not gone, but quickly evaporating.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Warmer regions causes water to evaporate more, which means your fern's soil will lose it's moisture quicker.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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Runner Ajay Haridasse, a local college student, was only about a thousand feet from the finish line on Boylston Street when his legs just gave out.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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His elbow gave out that August, requiring his second Tommy John surgery.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Peter (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peter%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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