tired out

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A 6 July letter from high-ranking congressman Jamie Raskin was made public on Thursday, where the Maryland representative compared the president to a baseball pitcher whose arm has "tired out".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

That protection improved over the course of the game, as USC tired out Notre Dame’s defensive front with tempo changes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2021

But teachers seemed, he said, “a bit tired out and rightly so.”

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2020

When they tired out, they stood on tiptoe beyond where the waves broke, jumping gently and letting the water carry them up and down.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart