1.   But now that hope has fizzled.

2.   But Lee sports a New York Yankees baseball cap on this publicity tour through Boston just days after the Red Sox wild-card playoff hopes unceremoniously fizzled.

3.   That hope fizzled under the weight of political pressure from the Legislature.

4.   That hope fizzled quickly.

5.   Some U.S. Ryder Cup hopes fizzled in the rain.

6.   He again hit a tee-shot into a bunker on the final hole and all his hopes fizzled when his third shot went into a pond.