washed-up
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Sakunja Salazar is a washed-up influencer who made too much money too fast as a kid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Duvall won his Academy Award in 1983 for playing a washed-up country singer in "Tender Mercies."
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
The promise of seeing the washed-up Kid Rock in an intimate setting appears to thrill no one.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
Friends Ellinor Rosen Eriksson and Asa Nilsson found the washed-up bottle earlier this year.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
“Ammu,” Chacko said, his voice steady and deliberately casual, “is it at all possible for you to prevent your washed-up cynicism from completely coloring everything?”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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