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However, it said previous drought conditions across much of the UK may have caused food plants used by caterpillars to wither before they had finished feeding.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

His flip-flopping between military employment and diplomatic interruptions caused our superior military advantage to wither.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Bumblebee Conservation Trust raised concerns that 2026 may exacerbate a declining trend in bumblebee populations as flowers wither and bees fail to forage effectively.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

All that promise started to wither around 2015, as social media giants gobbled up more and more of the profits that kept earlier hangouts afloat.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Patrice gives me a look that makes my heart wither.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

For all of us, the self changes and, yes, it withers away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hugo, who lives in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has already reached an "abnormal" 199cm tall, about 6.5ft, or 19.2 hands, to the withers or ridge at the base of the neck.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

It also withers behind a paywall, is manipulated by social media algorithms and hollowed out by covert corporate consolidation.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

Smith pulled the saddle over Seabiscuit’s withers and tightened the girth.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Instead, they have withered to just 0.2% of payments made in the UK - with a total of 77 million written last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The first shock was the crumbling of the defending champ Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, who showed early signs that she wasn’t her expected top form, and then withered sadly in a time-trial stage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Yet the league's highest-earning clubs have hardly withered in the face of the challenge from outside the six, and Spurs' pursuit of Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali is a reminder of that.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

Now his house was deserted and his garden withered away, and few people remembered anything good about Narciso.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

So it wasn't surprising that Jung found ready allies in the community who had also noticed the ginkgo's withering leaves.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

And in return, they surely will win a third consecutive championship against a withering and overmatched group of pretenders that could add Skubal only in their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Waller framed the concern bluntly this month: “Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The grass, the withering leaves were full of whispering, but the campground was hushed, muffled by their presence, as if blighted.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner