as in fails
to be unsuccessful
even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used
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Recent Examples of flames out
Nothing majorly dramatic happens, no one flames out in the kitchen, no dish is an absolute failure.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Wings that shot flames out of them.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out.
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Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out.
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Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Wings that shot flames out of them.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out.
—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out.
—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flames out
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But too often that has become shorthand for a stodgy and unresponsive sector that fails to respond to customer demand.
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Standard sonar often fails in shallow waters, while cameras are blinded by shifting sands and the simple distortion of rolling ocean waves.
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Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.
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By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.
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But when weighed down by the moisture, the grass flops over and doesn't present itself as well to the cutting blade.
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.
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Why the quest will fall short And finally Shohei Ohtani hits three homers and strikes out 10 in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS.
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Perfect Tom strikes out once again, not on the look but on the flavors.
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For makeup that tends to crease or settle into fine lines, the challenge is finding a powder that sets without collecting where skin naturally folds.
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Goddard is a wheelchair user and worries about what will be available for her if her institution folds.
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The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
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Memorizing where relationships happen in every country misses the point.
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Yet that misses the gentle buzz of excitement when Secrets visited.
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During contests, their stomachs stretch, heart rates rise, and digestion struggles to keep up, causing intense physical stress.
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Her 12-year-old son, Whitman, has autism and a neurological disorder called apraxia, in which the brain struggles to tell muscles how to move to form words or perform other motor skills.
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“Flames out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flames%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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