shrivelled
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Exports - a key source of revenue for Koblevo and other big wineries - have shrivelled due to the blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2022
But a flower that worships the sun also needs the blessing of rain - and there is none, leading to a mass of shrivelled crops producing neither seeds nor oil.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2022
Following consecutive seasons of poor rains, rivers and water pans have dried up and grasslands have shrivelled in the game reserves.
From BBC • Jul. 27, 2022
The healthy plant has many plump grains, the other one has just a couple of shrivelled ones.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022
When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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