as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
working 12-hour days at that job just burned me out
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Verb
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In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025 -
This directly helped inspire the flesh masks that Leatherface wears in the Chainsaw films.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Echinacea is not an antibiotic that directly kills pathogens.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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That starts a chain reaction of polymerization that ultimately kills the cell.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The company says the modification ensures rainwater drains more effectively and the tent better sheds snow so as not to get overloaded.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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Fill the pot with loose, slightly acidic soil that drains quickly.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Burns out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burns%20out. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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