withered
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For starters, the traffic model most of these companies relied on has withered away.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
By the century’s end it was fragmentary and partially overgrown, its once-pulsing culture withered to a memory that only the growth of the federal highway system in the 20th century would revive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
It’s a marked improvement from 2024, when a record dry streak over the fall and winter left vegetation withered and primed to burn.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2025
While Rocky moved away and thrived, Roman withered in inadequacy feeling abandoned.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
“Alas, poor spud!” she had just done intoning, Hamlet-like, to the withered potato, which was now furry with mold.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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