Example Sentences

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“Even though stocks jumped last week, crude gained. With crude tanking right now, this could be the first real clue that the potential for peace is legit.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

And it was ripe with free-throw-abetting fouls by the Washington Wizards, an actively tanking team that got itself blown out, 150-129.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 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

Stock markets are tanking, bond yields are soaring and risk appetite is firmly in retreat.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 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