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shrivel

[shriv-uhl] / ˈʃrɪv əl /


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Both have since swung back to Labour, but now it confronts a shrivelling neither of those moments touched – the potential of losing Wales.

From BBC

It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.

From The Wall Street Journal

They say investment in the North Sea is shrivelling fast, with knock-on effects in refinery and chemical plant closures.

From BBC

Hanwha plans to pump $5 billion into the site, hoping to rebuild a shipbuilding workforce and supply ecosystem that has largely shriveled away.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon