weaken

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The country's biggest union, Unia, also warned the initiative would weaken labour protections, abolish rules barring discrimination between resident and foreign employees and "open the door wide to wage dumping".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

An El Niño develops when winds that typically blow east-to-west weaken or reverse.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But it warned growth could weaken to just 1.4% if disruptions to transport through the Strait of Hormuz continued and prices of both crude oil and liquefied natural gas remained high throughout 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

In 2022, executives were still touting revenue growth of more than 60% compared with 2019 levels, even as same-store sales started to weaken.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

Neither did the early farmers understand that feeding children with more porridge and less breast milk would weaken their immune system, and that permanent settlements would be hotbeds for infectious diseases.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari