as in failing
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as in weakening
to lose bodily strength or vigor
the tuberculosis resulted in her simply wasting away
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Noun
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Unpredictable funding from Congress compounds these failings.—
Marc Scribner,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026 -
The report claimed these changes were made to minimize the city and fire department’s failings.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Unbalanced Or Leaning Tree A weakening root system or poor pruning practices can cause a tree to lean to one side.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2026
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My opponent, Tim O’Hare, has led with ideology and performative politics, reducing transparency, weakening public participation, and creating financial instability through deficit-style budgeting and reserve spending.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Those protests began in Tehran in late December in response to the collapse of the Iranian currency and the worsening of economic conditions, and then quickly took on a political character -- with crowds on the streets openly calling for regime change.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2026
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If your skin reaction is severe, worsening, persistent, or associated with allergy symptoms, get prompt medical attention.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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He’s spurred to do so, however, by Roza (Michelle Tzontchev), a single parent who now tellingly goes by the anglicized Rose, but is troubled by her growing distance (and more so, her young son’s) from her cultural roots — and her fading memories of a mother who didn’t travel and change with them.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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The engines fading into something that felt like disbelief.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Avalanches are rapid, massive slides of snow, ice, rock and soil that can be caused by storms, earthquakes or snowpack deterioration.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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With Amazon Web Services (AWS), advertising and logistics automation continuing to scale, Amazon’s recent weakness appears to reflect sentiment fatigue rather than a deterioration in business quality.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Sidewalks are apparently sagging in the area, with the problem being worse Wednesday than the day before.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Would that be enough to counter his sagging approval and voters' economic angst?—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The video did not mention any specific orders, but the six were plainly referring to the sinking of Venezuelan ships in international waters topped off by the killing of survivors clinging to the wreckage of their vessel.—
James D. Zirin,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the sinking.—
Michael Casey,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Third game Leonard thrilled his home crowd with a dynamic effort, going 11 of 13 and 6 of 7 from beyond the arc.—
Greg Beacham,
Twin Cities,
16 Feb. 2026
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Space enthusiasts desperately wanted to see astronauts boldly going – preferably in Heinlein-style atomic cruisers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Wasting (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wasting%20%28away%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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