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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
fizz .
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Examples
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The captain fizzed an attempt just wide in his desperation for parity, his industry succeeding at times in masking the sloppiness of his team-mates in possession.
West Ham United spring to life to overrun Stoke City in extra-time Dominic Fifield at Upton Park 2010
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The sneeze fizzed through my nose and out with a sprinkling of spittle, but there was nothing to hear it now save the gulls whipping white through the sky, diving for the sunlit shore.
The premature ending of Annie MacLeod Gill Hoffs 2011
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The water fizzed up my nose and tears stung my eyes.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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Denmark 1-0 England Agger Brilliant cross from Eriksen, dreadful marking up by England and the cross fizzed in from the right and Agger dived in between Terry and Wilshere to score with a powerful header.
Jack Wilshere lives up to the hype in a short but sweet England start | Richard Williams 2011
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The wine cooler fizzed over and a stray, gray hair fell into his wide, uncertain eyes.
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Anger fizzed up from deep within, like Alka Seltzer tablets dropped into the glass of water; noisy, bitter and distasteful.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » On your mark, get set…CONTEST! 2009
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The rejection by European regulators of the merger of German exchange operator Deutsche Börse AG and NYSE Euronext could bring to an end an 18-month world-wide deal boom among stock exchanges that fizzed, and then fizzled.
NYSE-Deutsche Börse Joins Dead-Deal List Jacob Bunge 2012
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Bosingwa was powerless to haul the winger in, with the Wales international's cross beautifully angled as it fizzed across the six-yard box beyond Terry for Adebayor to tap home ahead of a Petr Cech's tentative dive.
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea | Premier League match report 2011
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It would be extremely annoying if various appliances fizzed out as well.
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The Coke fizzed in my throat, threatening, and I held my hand over my mouth.
The Bird House Kelly Simmons 2011
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