dwindle
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But go back earlier, and the talk starts to dwindle.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Many MAGA-centered merchandise retailers and their suppliers are seeing sales dwindle, according to interviews with wholesalers, sales representatives, business owners and employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
But this year the Rockies had the least snow on record, and they’ve watched springs dry up and creeks dwindle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ranchers, meanwhile, are seeing their hay supplies dwindle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Our family had begun to dwindle, along with the entire camp population.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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What if Anthropic’s customer growth dwindles or stagnates?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
That arrangement will continue until about three years after the number of co-founders remaining with the company dwindles to fewer than three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Most stay for about eight months before departing ahead of Kashmir's harsh winter, when construction slows and agricultural activity dwindles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
As the number of workers dwindles, he thinks that wages for young people will rise, leading more people to enter the labor force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Above me, I hear the old pipes shake into action with a thunk! and then the water running in my sink dwindles to a trickle.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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Snowpack in the Upper Rio Grande basin, which helps replenish the river, fell to near-record lows last winter, and in July Elephant Butte reservoir dwindled to 1.4% of its original capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Over the past few sessions, trading volume has dwindled, while major indexes have mostly drifted sideways.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
With coaches still tinkering with lineups in the preseason, turnovers became a problem when the ballhandling options dwindled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Meanwhile, the number of companies newly listing their shares in London has dwindled.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Attendance at the old Clarkston Baptist Church dwindled from around seven hundred to fewer than a hundred.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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On to Friday's mission, as the dwindling group arrived in a "field of screams", as presenter Claudia Winkleman aptly put it, full of scary-looking scarecrows.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
In Elephant Butte, population just over 1,400, officials and residents fear the dwindling reservoir spells doom for their way of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
On Saturday over half a million mainly peaceful protesters demonstrated against rising living costs and dwindling access to decent public services, including a good state education.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But all this is long term, and the dwindling of the Colorado River is happening now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But I can sit here with my dwindling days and look at what I think is important in life.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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