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
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 • Nov. 10, 2025
But in recent months the pool of recruits at the Los Angeles Police Department has shriveled to the point of running dry.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
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
Miss Love chopped up two big carrots and put them in her apron pocket, along with some shriveled little yellow apples out of Granny’s bowl on the work table.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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