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shrivel

[shriv-uhl] / ˈʃrɪv əl /


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They say investment in the North Sea is shrivelling fast, with knock-on effects in refinery and chemical plant closures.

From BBC

Hanwha plans to pump $5 billion into the site, hoping to rebuild a shipbuilding workforce and supply ecosystem that has largely shriveled away.

From The Wall Street Journal

This party, so often and for so long the dominating force in British politics, is a shrivelled version of its usual self.

From BBC

Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?

From Salon

Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.

From BBC