frazzle
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The probe will have to endure temperatures of 1,400C and radiation that could frazzle the onboard electronics.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Paul Arguin and Chris Taylor, authors of the new “Fabulous Modern Cookies,” support a well-placed swap of like for like, saving money and frazzle.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
The lens skulks like a voyeur and does what it can to frazzle us, too.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
Sweet but drowning in self-doubt, Louella is always in a frazzle.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2012
Although I was worn down to a frazzle, I was a happy boy.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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“There’s a script for ‘Barefoot in the Park’ that’s so fragile that I’m afraid to even touch it because the paper is so old that it sort of frazzles away,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Constantly hovering over your children, while simultaneously trying to have a fight on Twitter and find a food recycling bag, frazzles everyone.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2018
Many return to a single topic: technology-driven modernity and how it frazzles the contemplative mind.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2015
It is a lot of typical evenings in New York rolled into one, shaped by Broadway's Neil Simon into a frantic, funny tale that frazzles the nerve ends.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The red head nodded till its flying frazzles quivered like tongues of flame.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
Raden, the mall’s 30-year-old director of events, isn’t frazzled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
If you’ve had a nightmare of a journey, don’t arrive frazzled and in a bad temper.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
“Combining travel on the busiest days of the year with big group events can make you frazzled or anxious,” said Manhattan psychotherapist Justena Kavanagh.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
The Duckett-Crawley partnership frazzled India, threatening to completely derail the tourists.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025
Ashley had been around these parts for far too long to really crack, but I was still surprised to see her so frazzled and at a loss for what to say.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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Complaints about a lack of available interpreters are common in the downtown courthouse, sometimes delaying cases for people in custody and frazzling interpreters asked to cover more hearings than they can handle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Washington’s front four also played a role in frazzling Rodgers and making him look more like a rookie than a 38-year-old four-time MVP.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2022
Forward Blake Coleman, a pending free agent who’s likely playing his final series with the Lightning, had a dominant first period on the forecheck, frazzling the Canadiens and drawing a penalty.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
It wasn't fast and frazzling, it was slow and soothing.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2014
As to frazzling, seems like we only frazzle just so far, then a stitch holds and we get our breath.”
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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