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tire

[tahyuhr] / taɪər /


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I hope this tire regulation will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

“I don’t know if we blew a tire but it feels like the brakes locked up,” a pilot is heard saying in the video.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Sometimes I can run long distances without too much pain, while other times a shopping trip can tire me out.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

In this case, my next recommendation is an air compressor and tire patch kit.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

“Tire tracks. School bus tire tracks. Those lights might have been Chase.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Are you concerned that the “big dance in front of the house” trope will get tired?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Ms. Dingell didn’t help her party when she said recently she’s tired of being asked about Mr. Piker.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

"I knew I needed to endure it. I need to stay there. He will get tired and I'll get him in the later rounds."

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

"We read it almost every night, and I never got tired of reading it to him," said Faber, 42.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

We changed cyclist and reader often as legs or voice grew tired, reading our way through histories, novels, plays.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

New Australian research is shedding light on why walking often becomes slower and more tiring with age.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Babs, the head of the millworkers’ union, is tiring of the fight.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

While some fast food joints have over-innovated to the point where customers see it as tiring or gimmicky, Taco Bell appears to have found the right balance.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

It is a tiring yet necessary ritual for both players and press, considering the scarcity of these matches.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

In 1989, after completing a tiring mission, I took an extended vacation to the Caribbean.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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