haggard
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But in 2024, Venezuela produced only about one percent of global crude, its industry left haggard by years of underinvestment, mismanagement and US sanctions.
From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026
“Caesar had now been performing for eight years,” Mr. Margolick writes, “and, thin and haggard, wore every week of it . . . it had happened in spurts rather than in increments.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
"I did the one pair of wheels - I will say they're absolutely haggard," he laughed.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025
He wore the haggard shell-shocked expression everyone wears after leaving transit.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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