tanking
- present participle of tank.
Example Sentences
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This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
But, when Mozeliak and I sat down in the Angels’ dugout the other day, he explained that the path forward in Anaheim should not be tanking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Sales of Chrysler’s gas-guzzling coupes and sedans were tanking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Because of this remark, oil prices, which had been soaring, plummeted—and the stock market, which had been tanking, recovered much of the day’s losses.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
The stocks of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were tanking, and it was clear that nothing short of the U.S. government could save them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
