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shrivels

verb as in dehydrate, dry up

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When the home lineup is daunting, as well, the overall margin for error shrivels.

U.S. corn growers and the politically powerful ethanol industry hope airline fuel production will boost sales as ethanol’s traditional market as a gasoline additive shrivels due to rising electric vehicle use and increased fuel efficiency.

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That’s because dehydration shrivels and distorts tissues, but frozen organs mostly keep their shape.

But West shines, first as a woman in love then as one who shrivels into seething disillusion when her career stalls while her husband’s blossoms.

Iranians also blame government corruption and mismanagement as prices of basic goods soar, the currency shrivels in value and unemployment remains high.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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