as in wearing
to use up all the physical energy of
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Recent Examples of wearing out
This past winter, the overhaul included the loss of Gleyber Torres, who was a two-time All-Star with the Yankees before refusing to move off of second base to accommodate Chisholm and eventually wearing out his welcome in the Bronx.
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearing out
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And while temperatures continue to drop, the breezy ripped jeans have also found a fan in Rihanna, who’s already been spotted wearing the same pair twice.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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By contrast, Taylor put a spin on camouflage, wearing a piece from KidSuper’s fall 2025 collection, which made its runway debut in January curated by the brand’s founder Colm Dillane.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Investigators would soon discover a disturbing truth that Daniel had been impersonating a boyfriend Kristil had as a teenager for months, terrorizing his own family before ultimately killing his wife.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing his Miami Hurricanes football star teammate in 2006 want prosecutors sanctioned — or the murder case dismissed — after a key witness, who state prosecutors believed was dead, was found alive by an ESPN reporter.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, and Carlos Alcaraz skipped the event in Canada after exhausting schedules.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The second stage was able to regain attitude control and managed to climb to a peak altitude of 198 miles (320 kilometers) before exhausting its fuel.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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So people shouldn’t swim against the current, which puts them at risk of tiring out.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Many top performers are burning out not from overwork alone, but from the emotional toll of never feeling allowed to stop striving.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Last month, Philadelphia had code orange air quality alerts thanks to wildfires burning out of control in Canada.—
Michael E. Mann,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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And some vaccines are combination shots, knocking out three or four diseases with one injection, such as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine or the Diphtheria, tetanus, & acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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The damaging winds uprooted trees and tore roof shingles in neighborhoods around Carmichael, knocking out power to more than 13,000 SMUD customers in Sacramento’s northeast suburbs.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And that then links to their view of what they’re justified doing in response to the grievances.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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This indicated that some fluid was washing out lutetium from rocks on the asteroid.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brightness is stunning, colors pop naturally, and dark scenes stay detailed without washing out, which proves to be great for movie nights or gaming marathons.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Wearing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearing%20out. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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