verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
never
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An expected backlash against the initiative in Quebec never materialized .
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Suffice to say, a comeback never materialized .
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Without loving contact in infancy and early childhood, a sense of human connectedness may never materialize .
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But ironically, a storm that never materialized created the most controversy.
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Two weeks later, Gretzky was headed to the New York Rangers, according to reports, but a trade never materialized .
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And the much-touted Year of the Woman at the awards ceremony never materialized , either.
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Conflicts were expected, but they never materialized , at least publicly, because Perranoski stayed in the background.
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Hoped-for rents never materialized , and a complex financial situation became even more difficult to control.
■ VERB
fail
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Literature and autobiography are liberally sprinkled with accounts of the indignation and outrage felt when such a promise fails to materialize .
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This rapid increase failed to materialize , however.
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The position she had been promised failed to materialize at the last moment.
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Nor did it help matters when teaching aids, promised by Peace Corps / Washington, would sometimes fail to materialize .
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But the predicted crowds of shoppers for the 186, 000-square-foot complex have failed to materialize .
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If that return failed to materialize , they would have to dip into their own budgets to repay the loan.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A row of huts materialized out of the fog as we approached.
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It was rumoured that Apple would be sold to Sun Microsystems, but that deal never materialized.
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The promised recovery failed to materialize and unemployment kept on rising.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At some point a man in a neat suit materialized.
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Gilbert reappeared, sans Bob, but accompanied by Kevin who had materialized out of nowhere.
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Literature and autobiography are liberally sprinkled with accounts of the indignation and outrage felt when such a promise fails to materialize .
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There was too little room and only the performances were materializing.
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Whether or not a fourth Odyssey will materialize depends on factors beyond my control.
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While the threat of wholesale destruction failed to materialize , the cathedrals were turned over to a variety of secular uses.