withered
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For starters, the traffic model most of these companies relied on has withered away.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Needless to say, as more channels encrypted their signals, BUD sales withered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Why believe this promise of help, when the last dozen withered?
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
Defrocked and disgraced, Swaggart clawed his way back to the pulpit, but attendance at his church shrank, his television ministry withered and the Bible college he founded stripped away his name.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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