wearing off

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A washing machine used by a four-person household can generate up to 500 grams of microplastics each year, largely due to fibers wearing off textiles during washing.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

"But I have a feeling that the shock and awe is wearing off."

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

“The shock of it is wearing off, but it’s almost worse now than it was — it’s, ‘Oh, now this is reality,’” Atkins, 59, told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Coming round in a recovery ward bed as the effects of his general anaesthetic were wearing off, retired engineer Tom Hadrys, 63, remembers being approached by a doctor.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

Exhaling slowly, I rip everything I’m wearing off; the booties and the cap and the face mask and the scrubs and the gown.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott