petered out

About six months after her death he realised that what had begun as an onslaught of home-made lasagnes from well-wishers had finally petered out.

To top it off, the mid-summer excitement at Vice President Kamala Harris’ entry into the presidential race following President Joe Biden’s eleventh-hour exit petered out with the election of President-elect Donald Trump — again.

Others are more sanguine, noting that similarly menacing avian flu viruses, such as one called H7N9, have petered out in the past.

The DRC has had mpox outbreaks for decades, predominantly affecting children, but they typically petered out quickly.

“If Trump had ‘momentum’ in October, it has now petered out in November,” Silver wrote.