weakened

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Under pressure from Edison and the other companies, the rule was weakened to allow utilities to keep the unused lines in place until executives decided they were “permanently abandoned.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The dollar weakened as demand for safe-haven assets moderates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Now both pillars that held the system together - state power and Banerjee's aura of invincibility - have weakened.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“It’s a major blow to an already weakened economy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Clinton ordered General Cornwallis in Virginia to send reinforcements to New York, a move that weakened Cornwallis’s force.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen