withered
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Without that powerful backing, their trailblazer, along with DSA member Rae Huang, withered on their L.A. revolutionary vine.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
For starters, the traffic model most of these companies relied on has withered away.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
But by the time Neves Valente confronted Loureiro at his Brookline, Mass., apartment building this past week, Loureiro’s career had soared while Neves Valente’s withered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
While Rocky moved away and thrived, Roman withered in inadequacy feeling abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
In that gray place the three women lived, all gray themselves and withered as in extreme old age.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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