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
The reserves of grain I had put by began to dwindle despite my care.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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But a lack of seeds and other food for mice might mean that prey dwindles over time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Markets are focused on the rupee as it dwindles toward the psychological breakwater of 100 to the dollar.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
A great stair should lead to something great, but this one dwindles away in the upper stories without fulfilling its mighty promise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
The crowd around him quickly dwindles to only a few people wandering up and down the pathway.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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With far less snowmelt than usual feeding the Colorado River, inflows dwindled, and the second-largest reservoir in the United States fell to record-low levels in late August and early September.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Except my little freezer stash of homemade breakfast burritos had also dwindled to nothing, and I knew exactly what Monday morning would look like without some intervention: Wake up.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Traditionally, the Rand Refinery processed gold from big South African mines, but output from the country—once the world’s No. 1 producer—has dwindled in recent decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
According to Gus Hall’s obituary in the New York Times in 2000, Communist Party enrollment “had dwindled to about 3,000, down from a peak of about 66,000 in 1939.”
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
Without Shawn as foreman, Dad’s construction business dwindled.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Gundlach Bundschu’s announcement follows several other California wineries that have cited difficulties as the industry struggles with dwindling demand, the trade war and natural disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Some condominium HOAs have run into trouble recently, as MarketWatch has reported, in part due to skyrocketing insurance costs and dwindling financial reserves.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The switch has been spurred by dwindling stocks of Atlantic mackerel after years of overfishing, with its Chilean counterpart more sustainable and a third of the cost.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
This week we’ll tell you about that new strategy for schools that are fighting to fill their freshman classes from a dwindling pipeline of applicants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
All that remained was a dwindling light astern, and soon enough that would be gone as well.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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