withered
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The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
But by the time Neves Valente confronted Loureiro at his Brookline, Mass., apartment building this past week, Loureiro’s career had soared while Neves Valente’s withered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
That would be a far cry from last year, when Southern California grappled with a record dry streak over the fall and winter that left vegetation withered and primed to burn.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
“The Mamdani momentum withered in the deserts of southern Arizona on Tuesday night,” Jack Healy, the Times’ national correspondent, wrote.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2025
The old woman brought her withered hands together as though she were trying to clap, the way one did to say thank you.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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