weaken
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Together, these effects suggest that curcumin may help limit the structural and functional changes that gradually weaken blood vessels and reduce their elasticity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
With so many of those investors betting on higher long-term yields, there probably aren’t many more left who can keep selling should bonds weaken further, Flight said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The showers may eventually reach southern Scotland and Northern Ireland but are likely to weaken and become less intense as they drift northwards.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
"Sudan suffers the most from weapons and their illegal flow. However, expanding such a sanctions regime will weaken the protection of civilians," said Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
I weaken again at a clear green broth that I can only describe as tasting like springtime, and again when I try a frothy pink soup dotted with raspberries.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
The country’s fast-declining currency is putting pressure on consumers to use it before it weakens further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As the U.S. dollar weakens, bitcoin may appear as an attractive hedge for some traders partly due to its limited supply, Coltman said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
This reduction weakens their gravitational influence, offsetting the stronger attraction produced by the hidden force.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
More generally, he added, "this withdrawal weakens the international architecture of criminal justice and heightens fears that the perpetrators of the most serious crimes will escape any prosecution".
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
As we get closer, the illusion weakens, but only because the glass has gotten dirty.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Organizers are also trying to connect voting rights to economic concerns among younger Americans, particularly Black voters whose support for Democrats weakened in the 2024 presidential election.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The massive figure reflects Tokyo’s aggressiveness in defending the yen as it weakened to a 40-year low near 164 to the dollar in late July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
That porous structure would have absorbed and weakened some of the energy from the collision, helping Deimos survive the impact.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Investors turned to bitcoin and gold last week as the U.S. dollar weakened and Treasury yields climbed in the wake of the buyback announcement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
From that beginning the armed forces of the Roman Empire began to be weakened, and all the virtue taken away from it was given over to the Goths.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
However, recent observations suggest it is weakening — potentially jeopardizing Einstein’s so far unblemished theory of general relativity and calling into question the leading description for how the universe will die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"When the yen was weakening, I thought 'actually this is a good time to go, things are going to be cheap'," says Vivek Haria, 26, who has a trip planned for this autumn.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
That earlier work suggested dark energy, which acts somewhat like anti-gravity, could be weakening with time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Rising borrowing costs might be weakening the currency area’s economy ahead of another expected ECB rate rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He aimed north toward Charles and the weakening memories of his childhood.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
