turned to dust
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But now he is old and outdated, while younger, smarmier, more high-tech rivals threaten to leave him choking in bygone glory turned to dust.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
Sixteen years later, however, that destiny appears to have turned to dust.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
Charred, drained or swamped, built up, dug out or taken apart, blue or green or turned to dust: this is the Earth as seen from above.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
Much of the now-fallow farmland has turned to dust that’s an incessant headache for residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Most of the original Fragment had been destroyed by the fire, the burning pages flapping and frittering away into ash, all their words turned to dust.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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