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
But in recent months the pool of recruits at the Los Angeles Police Department has shriveled to the point of running dry.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
That's when his amazing, formidable personality cult shriveled.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 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
Inside were half a dozen shriveled brown objects, looking more like dried-up kidneys than real stones.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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