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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

Young Joshua trees can be nibbled to death by hungry rabbits and rodents, or wither in drought, disease or fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

But it would have been wrong to think support for independence would wither away.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

She couldn’t look away, even though the sight of it made her wither inside.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

But if that restraint withers, “there could be damage that would interrupt flows for a long time, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely open,” said McNally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Today we are more likely to plug the passage into a chatbot to determine its source and then move on to social media, where rudimentary reading thrives yet true literacy withers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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

Then I got me a second rope and tied it tight around his middle, just back of his withers.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Even the normally lush fields of Somerset withered in the heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Locals hoped a fresh injection of money would help rejuvenate communities that have withered for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Maybe, Ophie realized, her best days had withered and died with Daddy just like Mama’s had.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

After a withering stretch, some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence are starting to look downright cheap.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

In his sardonic dismissal of their arguments, Mr. Rovelli sounds at times like Galileo, who was similarly withering about his Aristotelian colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Norris was withering in his criticism of the track layout, saying: "I don't know how someone looks at this design and goes, 'Mint.'"

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Germany, along with much of Europe, has seen record-breaking temperatures this summer along with limited rainfall, sending river levels down and withering swathes of countryside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The seriousness of Dad’s condition may be adjudged by the fact that he contented himself with a withering look.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey