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Recent Examples of Synonyms for petered (out)
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Etan vanished near his New York City home more than four decades ago.
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Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz vanished on May 20 after reportedly leaving their home near Mexico City to buy a chair lift for Mawani's ailing mother.
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The transmission gave out halfway home, and the car finished the trip on a U-Haul trailer.
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With every purchase, the stores gave out BTS THE CITY ARIRANG socks, which Gallegos proudly gives credit to his daughters for the idea.
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Whether the earnout actually paid out or quietly evaporated.
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Estimates of how much of the Central Oregon Irrigation District’s water leaked or evaporated from its canals are based on the district’s 2022 Water Management Conservation Plan, its 2016 System Improvement Plan and state water right records.
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But over the 99 minutes of gameplay, some of those similarities fell away.
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In response to the crisis, health policy and regulatory barriers that had long limited telemedicine fell away almost overnight.
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The conditions were wet and and slippery at first, but the rain appears to have tapered off now.
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And several of the unflattering stats have tapered off a ton this last year, including sacks taken (27 in 2025, down from 62 in 2023).
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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