as in to wash out
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Positioning is washed out and technicals are deeply oversold.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Rain washed out Dylan Cease after one inning in Pittsburgh a day before Jacob struck out three in a scoreless frame, the bullpen had covered 13 innings in two days and the Padres needed a fresh arm.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam and Chad de Guzman reported on April 30, 2025, for the 50th anniversary of the war’s end, on how President Donald Trump is undermining U.S.-Vietnam reconciliation.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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This kind of long-term vision is undermined by drastic and unpredictable trade policies.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The other is a more nebulous worry that programmable money, by definition, erodes individual autonomy.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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There is no question that high tariffs will erode Chinese exporters’ access to the U.S. market.—
Zongyuan Zoe Liu,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Wear (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20%28away%29. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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