shriveled
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All she can point to is a garage stuffed with throw pillows, remnants of her shriveled dream to design interior spaces for affluent clients.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
In fact, fundraising for private-equity, venture-capital and other nontraded funds has shriveled, and their portfolios are glutted with thousands of unsold companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to little more than a thin mask over an imminent death.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
His eyes are shriveled up inside the puffy flesh of his face, as if the light is too bright for him.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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