threadbare
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Poor countries that don’t have reserves to draw on and are on the sidelines of the AI boom are already struggling, with shortages closing factories and high import prices for energy straining threadbare government budgets.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
"The farmers are the poorest people in Ivory Coast," he added, showing his threadbare clothes.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
The club were left with a threadbare squad in the summer after Josh Windass and Michael Smith walked away from their contracts.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025
Lately, it seems, the risk-averse screenwriting rules of what-should-happen-by-which-page that have steered Hollywood movies for far too long are feeling especially threadbare.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025
It looked like the handyman had been on vacation for the past couple centuries, and the threadbare, watery pink carpet leading to the office was barely hanging on.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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