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petering out
noun as in ebb
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Small wonder that adoptions from Russia have been petering out over the past five years.
From The Daily Beast
The trail the cattle had made kept dividing and petering out, and we had to pick the one that the burros took.
From Project Gutenberg
Altogether, Sandy considered the petering out of the Molly Mine far from being a disaster.
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During the second mile it was plain to all that Noddy was petering out.
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It's petering out in bed from sickness or old age that's so horrifying.
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The ball did not rebound as it used to; the resilience was petering out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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