weakened
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Their experiments showed that the drug weakened a natural brain mechanism that normally acts as a "brake" on somatostatin neurons.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Raj, 32, hopes to restore some longstanding tenant protections that the city council recently weakened.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley analyst Manan Gosalia said that while softer deal activity, additional Fed rate increases and talk of slowing the AI build-out weakened the near-term outlook for capital markets activity, the banks’ fundamentals remain strong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Relations between the UK and UAE - whose royal family controls City's ownership group - were previously strong but have weakened to a degree in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
His hardships hadn’t weakened him, but he’d been weathered and softened like leather—as if he were becoming a more comfortable version of himself.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
