withered
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The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
But by the time Neves Valente confronted Loureiro at his Brookline, Mass., apartment building this past week, Loureiro’s career had soared while Neves Valente’s withered.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Tourism to the area has all but withered away, said Hussein Hamad, the caretaker of the archaeological pilgrimage site in Ezariya thought to be the site of Lazarus’ tomb.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
Signs of the disease can be seen through withered and blighted leaves.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
Suddenly the withered wisps grew larger, longer, shimmering and crackling, nearly blinding Taran with streaks of liquid flame.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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"There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (1950)
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