How to Use crash and burn in a Sentence
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Then, the Speaker must take the hit and pass through the days and weeks of crash and burn.
—Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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The woke stuff, says Bret, is of the second kind, and will crash and burn.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Nov. 2021
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Stevens laid out a scenario where Trump did crash and burn in 2024.
—Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
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But few could imagine how Barisone and Kanarek would soon clash and crash and burn.
—CBS News, 17 Sep. 2022
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Facebook wasn’t the only tech agency to crash and burn.
—Troy Farah, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2018
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After the death of a friend took a toll on her emotional health and wellness, Das started to feel the crash and burn.
—Brittney Oliver, Essence, 28 May 2021
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That sugar overload can cause your blood sugar to spike, then crash and burn.
—Claire Gillespie, SELF, 5 Jan. 2022
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But these Jets weren't going to crash and burn willingly.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2020
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While Wednesday's vote is expected to crash and burn, there could be a compromise in the works.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 11 May 2022
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That can't be said about individual stocks, which can crash and burn and never bounce back.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 30 Jan. 2022
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But left is a loaded word: Some were laid off in an economic crash and burn that could end up being worse than the Great Depression.
—Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2021
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And, then, crash and burn in the 2007 first-round against the Chicago Bulls, the only time the Heat have been swept in a best-of-seven series, that very possibility again at hand.
—Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 May 2021
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When those plans crash and burn, his character is resigned to selling real estate from then on.
—Gene Seymour, CNN, 27 May 2022
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That’s a good example of wanting immersion at the gameplay level, and how the best intentions could crash and burn.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
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Capitalism is not about to crash and burn, and allow socialism to sprout from its rubble.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2022
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And seeing a successful romance felt just as good as watching another crash and burn.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 18 Feb. 2022
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At least the Oracle of Omaha doesn’t expect an aging Maverick to crash and burn.
—Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 20 May 2022
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Depression caper bears the distinction of being fall’s first Oscar hopeful to crash and burn.
—Vulture, 7 Oct. 2022
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That doesn't hold for individual stocks, which can crash and burn and never recover.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2023
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As a result, CubeSats can only hover a few hundred miles from Earth’s surface, and often crash and burn within several months.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2015
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Bad deals by inexperienced investors who poured into the industry risk a serious crash and burn.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2023
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One week after his team’s spectacular crash and burn on the playoff stage, Bruins general manager Don Sweeney has yet to hold his end-of-season news conference.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
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Even founders with the right credentials, cash, and customer interest regularly see their businesses crash and burn; the luckier ones manage to pivot their way out of sudden death.
—Arielle Pardes, Wired, 31 Dec. 2021
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This is incredibly important because your business can crash and burn without a good foundation, which can cost you a lot financially.
—Lyanne Alfaro, refinery29.com, 11 May 2022
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Thus, the technology and consumer durables sectors might experience a healthy rebound, while the banking and automotive industries would crash and burn.
—Joe Queenan, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
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History is whispering in our ears: Second-cycle coaches regularly crash and burn.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
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For someone whose wealth is tied to a financially unsophisticated crowd that reveres him for his apparent indifference to money and manners, though, letting Twitter crash and burn just isn’t an option.
—Laura Forman, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
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Conservatives may not have much interest in whether Scott’s presidential ambitions crash and burn like some Saturday-morning cartoon catastrophe.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 3 Apr. 2022
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