exhausted
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Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Some universities offer need-based or merit-based institutional aid, and Austin said some schools are even offering institutional loans for students who have exhausted their federal options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I’m exhausted all the time, don’t get me wrong,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The wife of one sailor told MS NOW’s Priya Sidhar that the company is working 12-14 hour days and that her husband “said that he was exhausted working on the flight deck.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“To be honest, I’m worried about you. You look exhausted, Jakob. And much too thin. How long have you been here?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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