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are fizzling

  • present progressive of fizzle.

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Sunderland's form has dropped off in the past few weeks and it does look like they are fizzling out, but the question is whether Newcastle can find the energy to see them off.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

“I think they are fizzling out and if not for social media, they’d probably have become a thing of the past.”

From Slate Jun. 8, 2018

No new studies have been launched in years, and the old ones are fizzling out.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2014

"The protests are fizzling out," one security contractor with years of experience in Afghanistan tells TIME.

From Time Feb. 24, 2012

Dardanelles operations are fizzling out in melancholy fashion.

From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring