wither

All that promise started to wither around 2015, as social media giants gobbled up more and more of the profits that kept earlier hangouts afloat.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Young Joshua trees can be nibbled to death by hungry rabbits and rodents, or wither in drought, disease or fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

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

Promising academic science can wither if researchers can’t fund the experiments to validate it, a phase often called the valley of death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

We're all going to wither like flowers on a vine if we work the way they want us to.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

For all of us, the self changes and, yes, it withers away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hugo, who lives in Towcester, Northamptonshire, has already reached an "abnormal" 199cm tall, about 6.5ft, or 19.2 hands, to the withers or ridge at the base of the neck.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

It also withers behind a paywall, is manipulated by social media algorithms and hollowed out by covert corporate consolidation.

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

Though a little lower at the withers and nearly half a foot shorter, nose to tail, Seabiscuit seemed a cumbersome giant in comparison.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A succession of heat waves withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Record heat withered crops, strained businesses and upended everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Instead, they have withered to just 0.2% of payments made in the UK - with a total of 77 million written last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

The withered god looked up at her with pleading eyes.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Germany, along with much of Europe, has seen record-breaking temperatures this summer along with limited rainfall, sending river levels down and withering swathes of countryside.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

And in return, they surely will win a third consecutive championship against a withering and overmatched group of pretenders that could add Skubal only in their dreams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

All three organisations, in their own way, offered a withering assessment of how Fifa is being run under Infantino.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not an option,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Old-Green-Grasshopper turned his huge black eyes upon the Centipede and gave him a withering look.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl