emaciates

present tense third-person singular of emaciate
as in fades
to lose bodily strength or vigor without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate

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  • But with parking spaces costing thousands of dollars apiece — one transportation cost analysis put the land-and-construction cost of a surface parking space at about $8,000 in 2022 dollars — the incentive to design bigger spaces quickly fades.
    Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 26 June 2026
  • Then again later, because the panic fades before anything gets built.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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  • When foreign investors pull money out of the country, demand for the rupiah drops, and the currency weakens.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • Every interaction either builds confidence or weakens it.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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  • Valdez, whose seat goes from Brooklyn to Queens, accused her opponent inaccurately of getting pro-Israel donations.
    Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 June 2026
  • The bus goes more places more frequently than trains, filling a niche like no other.
    Lena Guerrero Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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  • There is no scrapeable archive of how to grasp a wet cup, unload a box that sags in the middle, fold a towel, or help an older adult out of a chair.
    Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • As a result, the tournament typically sags in the middle, as neither comes close to losing.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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  • Tapping into the sporting zeitgeist, the slapstick animation, sees Daffy Duck confounded when Elmer Fudd fails to turn up for duck hunting season.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 June 2026
  • An extended car warranty can save electric vehicle (EV) owners thousands of dollars when a critical component, such as an electric motor or battery management system, fails unexpectedly.
    Emily Mercer, USA Today, 22 June 2026
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  • From the laundry room to the kitchen countertops to the bathroom sinks to the light fixtures, Natalie Randolph's first new house is starting to feel like home, and that is a good feeling.
    Noel Brennan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • When a whale dies, its body sinks to the ocean floor in a process called whale fall.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
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“Emaciates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciates. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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