dwindle
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"Because they're seabirds, they have one egg every year, and if they don't get those birds away, the numbers are going to dwindle very, very quickly."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Analysts say that most large companies have two to four weeks of petrochemical inventories, but that is going to dwindle in late March.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
Indians like housewife Kriti Prasad have been found themselves desperately hunting for cooking gas as supplies dwindle.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
The new trees dwindle as the weak die and the strong thrive.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
The reserves of grain I had put by began to dwindle despite my care.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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