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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

Michelangelo’s David, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Because they contain more than the conventional wisdom of their day, they do not wither when that day passes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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

Some said they couldn’t afford to let their corn crops wither away.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

As fine arts funding withers across sectors and Hollywood budgets shrink while studios retreat from local productions, workers are still recovering from lengthy strikes and the incipient threat of artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

Their results show that the grass withers due to a lack of water inside the fairy circle.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2024

In the process of transmuting the mid-rib of the leaf, the plant undergoes a proliferation of new vascular tissue — and avoids rotting while the rest of the leaf withers away.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

Lancelot leaned on the withers of his horse, lifted his right leg over the crupper, and found himself on the ground.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Record heat withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

When the interests of Silicon Valley diverged from those of the military and intelligence worlds, the connection withered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

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

My words withered away to dust as I watched them.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

It was hardly a withering rebuke of the British move, let alone any kind of punishment.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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

All three organisations, in their own way, offered a withering assessment of how Fifa is being run under Infantino.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

I reached for her, only to realize that my hands were withering to bones.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan