threadbare
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European allies might join the U.S. in defending the Strait, but their navies are already threadbare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
The transfer will be a huge boost to Glasner, who said his threadbare side were in "survival mode" following Thursday's 1-1 draw with Fulham.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, dismissed the referral as “three pages of stale, threadbare allegations.”
From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025
He was being used as an emergency striker with Isak an outcast, so how can Howe contemplate a sale when resources are now so threadbare?
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
Which meant that he never went anywhere without Lolly and her missing eye and that one ear Nunu had chewed on until it was practically gone, worn down to a hard, spit-dark, threadbare nub.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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