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flameout

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flame·out  (flmout)
n.
1. Failure of a jet aircraft engine, especially in flight, caused by the extinction of the flame in the combustion chamber.
2. One that fails suddenly, especially after having been successful.


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So Florida's current slump, in which it has lost three of four, means nothing when it comes to a the possibility of a deep run in the NCAAs, despite center Al Horford stoking the "Florida flameout talk" after Saturday's loss at LSU.
The son of a homebuilder from northwest Indiana, Fifield suffered a spectacular flameout in Chicago in the early 1990s, when he had to give back to his lenders nine office buildings worth an estimated $800 million.
And although I've flown some pigs in my day, I'm relatively confident that in 28 minutes--the amount of time flameout boy sat behind the sour tanker waiting for a miracle to occur--even my biplane could have gone further than the 35 miles the flight lead made a big deal out of.
 
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