as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Verb
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Jolie wears her mother’s necklace throughout the film.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The Cocco di Mamma, or mama’s boy, wears an oversize Prince of Wales coat.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
22 Sep. 2025
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The coach played five seasons of college volleyball at Central Florida, and led the nation in kills her senior season with 617.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Once an animal gets sick, the disease moves through the brain, spine and eventually kills the animal.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The whole ordeal exhausts the mother turtle.—
Taylor Hagood,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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The idea of festivals just exhausts me.—
Meg Zukin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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The water drains from the field and into the pit.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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The game also has a new-to-the-series sanity meter, which drains when Hinako uses focus attacks that slow down combat to give Hinako an edge.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Wears out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wears%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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