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shrivel

verb as in dehydrate, dry up

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This party, so often and for so long the dominating force in British politics, is a shrivelled version of its usual self.

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Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?

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Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.

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But some Labour figures wonder if as many as 80 more could choose not to officially back anyone, shrivelling the electorate.

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After a shaky first year in office, buffeted by shrivelling approval ratings, he confronts a buoyant Reform UK.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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