tire of
phrasal verb
tired of; tiring of; tires of
: to become bored by (something) : to stop being interested in (something)
He soon tired of doing the same work every day.
She never tires of listening to music.
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Coleman then dropped onto the front wheel of the ATV and accelerated forward, striking the officer with all four tires of the vehicle.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
On Route 2, another trooper deployed stop sticks, which managed to deflate one of the tires of the Accord and slow down the pursuit, Prescott said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
MacLeod was riding a 2022 Indian Challenger motorcycle southbound on Interstate 75, north of Royal Palm Boulevard in Weston, when the rear tire of a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by a 32-year-old man from Lauderhill, collided with MacLeod’s front tire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
By 1976, however, Venezuela’s political class had tired of el fifty-fifty.
—The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
On Route 2, another trooper deployed stop sticks, which managed to deflate one of the tires of the Accord and slow down the pursuit, Prescott said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
MacLeod was riding a 2022 Indian Challenger motorcycle southbound on Interstate 75, north of Royal Palm Boulevard in Weston, when the rear tire of a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta, driven by a 32-year-old man from Lauderhill, collided with MacLeod’s front tire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
By 1976, however, Venezuela’s political class had tired of el fifty-fifty.
—The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Tire of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tire%20of. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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