fraying
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But “Tender Loving Care,” centered on two social service workers navigating the fraying social safety net and, in one case, anxiety about aging parents, possesses a bracing humanity full of compassion and urgency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
It also underscores how U.S. ties with China are fraying over detentions, trade clashes and geopolitical tensions even as Trump works to curry favor with Xi as a fellow superpower leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Those bonds, however, are fraying in Thailand’s rapidly growing cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Spectators are left exasperated while staff work to patch up the old machines, connected by fraying electrical wires.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
And with a flourish, he pulled a thread out of his fraying sleeve and tied it around Pinmei’s wrist.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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