threadbare
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In trying to prevent the goal, Joe Gomez picked up an injury to further deplete Liverpool's already threadbare options at centre-back.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
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
Bringing my “whole self” to every moment left me threadbare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Wednesday are second bottom of the Championship with six points from nine games after a torrid period off the field has left them with a threadbare squad.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025
She hops onto the bed beside me, disarranging my small pile of threadbare stuffed animals—a koala, a snake, a black cat—all beloved of my seven-year-old self.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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