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However, it said previous drought conditions across much of the UK may have caused food plants used by caterpillars to wither before they had finished feeding.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Bumblebee Conservation Trust raised concerns that 2026 may exacerbate a declining trend in bumblebee populations as flowers wither and bees fail to forage effectively.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Michelangelo’s David, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Because they contain more than the conventional wisdom of their day, they do not wither when that day passes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

All that promise started to wither around 2015, as social media giants gobbled up more and more of the profits that kept earlier hangouts afloat.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Instead, the newly budded flowers of the throne brown and wither.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But if that restraint withers, “there could be damage that would interrupt flows for a long time, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely open,” said McNally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Today we are more likely to plug the passage into a chatbot to determine its source and then move on to social media, where rudimentary reading thrives yet true literacy withers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hugo, who lives in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has already reached an "abnormal" 199cm tall, about 6.5ft, or 19.2 hands, to the withers or ridge at the base of the neck.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Dodger whinnied and danced around nervously under Akira, and she put a hand on his withers to calm him.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Even the normally lush fields of Somerset withered in the heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Instead, they have withered to just 0.2% of payments made in the UK - with a total of 77 million written last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In a city flush with cash, the fund’s purpose withered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

They are negotiated with broadcast partners and were primarily designed to prop up the value of contracts with cable and satellite companies, many of which have since withered and died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

The old woman brought her withered hands together as though she were trying to clap, the way one did to say thank you.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

In his sardonic dismissal of their arguments, Mr. Rovelli sounds at times like Galileo, who was similarly withering about his Aristotelian colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Germany, along with much of Europe, has seen record-breaking temperatures this summer along with limited rainfall, sending river levels down and withering swathes of countryside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

And in return, they surely will win a third consecutive championship against a withering and overmatched group of pretenders that could add Skubal only in their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Waller framed the concern bluntly this month: “Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

He sat and felt himself dying, withering, finishing.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse