Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wore (away)
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Rain impacted multiple Australian GPs in Adelaide, and the 1991 edition was one of the shortest F1 races in history, lasting just a touch over 24 minutes before getting washed out.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026 -
On the smallest scales, structure gets washed out, while on larger scales, structure takes a long time to form, as larger scales plus the finite speed of gravity translate into longer timescales for collapse.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s wide popularity has been eroded by the fighting.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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The landscape first took shape more than 320 million years ago, as wind and rain slowly eroded the forest’s vast sedimentary rock deposits.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Aleph and other Jewish chaplaincy groups say the chaplaincy system is being undermined by the Messianic movement, whose adherents may identify as Jews but are not recognized as such by any denomination of Judaism.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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The fighting has grounded regional air traffic, threatened desalination facilities that provide drinking water to millions and undermined the safe reputation of modern metropolises such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The 20-year-old has scoured candidate websites but been frustrated by social media.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Foothill League remains scoured with talent, but the coaches agree there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming favorite for the title.—
Justin Vigil Zuniga,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Any residual good will between the Pentagon and Anthropic soon fully deteriorated.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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But into her sixties and seventies her physical health deteriorated.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Will they be weakened domestically by entering the war?—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2026
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Tornado watch ends for central and east-central Georgia A tornado warning had been issued earlier Thursday morning for parts of Marion County, Chattahoochee County and Webster County before expiring once the immediate tornado threat weakened.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Wore (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wore%20%28away%29. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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