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as in eroding
to damage or diminish by continued friction
years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point
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as in exhausting
to use up all the physical energy of
trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him
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as in distracting
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public
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Each new channel brings new risk of eroding consumer trust if it’s not carefully managed.
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But experts and users warn that technology risks eroding authenticity and chemistry at the heart of real-world relationships.
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And more than a decade into the LHC era, neither frontier has come close to exhausting its potential.
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That matters because unloading mixed freight can be exhausting work.
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Driving into the estate down a dirt track, you’re met with concrete walls that frame the space with gallery-like precision, directing your eyes toward geological features rather than distracting from them.
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There was some online angst over whether Swift was distracting from football — while the NFL itself capitalized on her fandom.
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The same fear of a fraying dollar system is driving Russia and others toward bitcoin and pushing Wall Street to treat which reserve asset wins as a live question.
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And that net of community health workers who serve as links between families and this lifesaving treatment is fraying.
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In the Los Angeles Times, Seema Mehta and Nicole Nixon report that Steyer’s ability to appear everywhere ended up tiring out voters.
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Meanwhile, Shenzhen startup EngineAI can be forgiven for tiring out its PM01 humanoid.
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The appeal is largely practical, since powders travel well in a bag, don’t leave hands greasy and can be dusted on without disturbing whatever’s already on your skin.
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The cream bronzer blends effortlessly underneath without disturbing the layers.
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He was last seen wearing a light green shirt, camouflage shorts and white socks.
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Murdaugh’s team initially asked that he be allowed to come to all court appearances, including pretrial hearings, wearing civilian clothes and unshackled.
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Murdaugh, once a powerful personal injury attorney in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, was convicted in 2023 of killing his wife, Maggie, 52, and their younger son, Paul, 22, at the family’s hunting estate in June 2021.
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Shiite and Sunni Muslims have been killing each other for centuries, and the status of women in some Muslims countries is deplorable.
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“Frazzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frazzling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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