shriveled
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Another liability, a short-term borrowing program called the overnight reverse repo facility that amounted to more than $2 trillion in recent years, already shriveled nearly to zero during a previous balance-sheet drawdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
All she can point to is a garage stuffed with throw pillows, remnants of her shriveled dream to design interior spaces for affluent clients.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
My right eye is lazy, shriveled and blind; it moves like an out-of-control marble circling a drain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to little more than a thin mask over an imminent death.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
I avoided the cold locker of fresh meats, as we had no way to cook them, but shriveled clubs of sausage were perfect.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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