dwindle
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But go back earlier, and the talk starts to dwindle.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead of watching the pile dwindle each month, they could focus on the guaranteed amount deposited into their bank account each month.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
But this year the Rockies had the least snow on record, and they’ve watched springs dry up and creeks dwindle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ranchers, meanwhile, are seeing their hay supplies dwindle.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gradually, our numbers begin to dwindle, and it’s just me and Uriah and Drew.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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What if Anthropic’s customer growth dwindles or stagnates?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Most stay for about eight months before departing ahead of Kashmir's harsh winter, when construction slows and agricultural activity dwindles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
As the number of workers dwindles, he thinks that wages for young people will rise, leading more people to enter the labor force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
The tunnel I’m in dwindles to two feet, and I turn back.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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As supplies dwindled, the couple said they made an attempt to find food by crossing through minefields earlier this month.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
As free cash flow has dwindled, many of the biggest AI companies have been forced to turn to the capital markets for financing.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The population of Kherson has dwindled from over 250,000 to about 65,000 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which will enter its sixth year in February.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
With coaches still tinkering with lineups in the preseason, turnovers became a problem when the ballhandling options dwindled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
And when her audience dwindled and died, her wallpaper peeled and her bricks crumbled, many believed she, too, had perished.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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As mayor, Raman may also be called on to solve the problem of the LAPD’s dwindling ranks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The recent selloff in chip stocks followed a slate of earnings results from big cloud companies, which pointed to continued strong spending on AI infrastructure against dwindling cash flows.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The price rally reflects fears of renewed escalation, dwindling oil stockpiles and a makeshift shipping system that remains dangerous and expensive to operate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The challenge comes as Afghanistan faces the return of 6.6 million Afghans since 2023, climate disasters, dwindling aid and banking isolation since the Taliban movement returned to power in 2021.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
None of us had any money, and the dwindling income from the farm was being stretched mighty thin across five families.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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