wits

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An L.A. city councilman, at his wit’s end, joked that the city could end the smog problem by adopting a resolution “creating an eight-mile-an-hour wind” to blow it all away.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

His aunt and caregiver, Kymberly Stacks, was at wit’s end, and took Easton to Siskin Children’s Institute, a nonprofit healthcare organization in Tennessee that accepted his Medicaid insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

"I am at wit's end how to proceed."

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

Mr Kemp said he was at his "wit's end" and he had been told a pest controller would have to make two more visits over the next fortnight to clear the bugs.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

Hrothgar frowned, and confessed himself at his wit's end.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye