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We do need to eliminate poverty for older Americans, but the answer lies in strengthening SSI, which has been allowed to wither on the vine.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

But it would have been wrong to think support for independence would wither away.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

As they change color, wither and flame out, they remind us of the beauty of life, and of life’s impermanence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Salveen, will the U.S. biotech ecosystem wither as pharma companies do deals with Chinese companies?

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2025

But every idea, no matter how good, seemed to wither on the vine of his imagination.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

The horses are characterised by their "large size, long legs, well-developed musculature, slender and elegant head -- set on a long, straight neck -- expressive eyes, high withers and sturdy hooves," he added.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

As fine arts funding withers across sectors and Hollywood budgets shrink while studios retreat from local productions, workers are still recovering from lengthy strikes and the incipient threat of artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

Their results show that the grass withers due to a lack of water inside the fairy circle.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2024

A good 80% of the stadium boos. 18k people. and he withers.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2022

Then Billy found a sack and rubbed the pony’s legs violently and he rubbed the chest and the withers.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

Yet the league's highest-earning clubs have hardly withered in the face of the challenge from outside the six, and Spurs' pursuit of Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali is a reminder of that.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Needless to say, as more channels encrypted their signals, BUD sales withered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

In some sections of the northern route through the strait—the widest and most suitable for large carriers—the season length for ships like the Nunalik has withered to 10-15 weeks, from 20-25 weeks two decades ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

“And then,” Sharp said, “it just withered on the vine.”

From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025

This Linus was, like Adonis and Hyacinthus, a type of all lovely young life that dies or is withered before it has borne fruit.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

"Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option."

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

With Richards’s gnarled, withering guitar lines and Jagger drawling and declaiming, there’s no mistaking the band behind “Foreign Tongues.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

"And the feeling that prospects for the future are shrinking like a withering skin."

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

This was always followed by Collins’s Ode on the Passions, wherein I particularly venerated Mr. Wopsle as Revenge throwing his blood-stained sword in thunder down, and taking the War-denouncing trumpet with a withering look.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens