fray
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Tractor Supply executives have watched customer budgets fray for nearly a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I hadn’t learned yet that I was a Type A person masquerading as Type B. The disguise began to fray almost immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is supplying the constitutional context and stripping away the pretense courts so often cling to when they want to stay out of the fray.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Disney initially wanted to buy Sky but Comcast jumped into the fray, driving up the price for the Fox stable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Things tend to get worse, not better, and knowing how unbalanced I’d felt being in the midst of the fray, I couldn’t imagine the state of the streets right now.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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