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Conversations about his long-term future are a factor, too, but there is no question that the workload has been at least partly responsible for the deadening of the England Under-21 international’s effect.—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 10 May 2025 Second astronauts often face issues with a deadening of their taste buds.—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019 France’s postwar boom was really an impoverishment, a mass deadening.—Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023 Yet serious hurt that goes unacknowledged leads to the accumulation of resentment and a deadening of the relationship.—Orna Guralnik, New York Times, 16 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for deadening
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