tire of
phrasal verb
tired of; tiring of; tires of
: to become bored by (something) : to stop being interested in (something)
He soon tired of doing the same work every day.
She never tires of listening to music.
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Doggett fell to the ground and was run over by the front passenger tire of the SUV.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
But for the industry's women, that trend is more often an oscillating wave than an upward trajectory, as audiences tire of starlets, shove them aside, then rediscover them for a brief moment only to punish them for aging out of the ever-datable 20-45 range.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Ukraine and its backers bet that at some point Putin would tire of the effort and decide to cut his losses.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
The tune began returning somewhat randomly from time to time, simply because the public never tires of hearing it.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
But for the industry's women, that trend is more often an oscillating wave than an upward trajectory, as audiences tire of starlets, shove them aside, then rediscover them for a brief moment only to punish them for aging out of the ever-datable 20-45 range.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Ukraine and its backers bet that at some point Putin would tire of the effort and decide to cut his losses.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
The tune began returning somewhat randomly from time to time, simply because the public never tires of hearing it.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tire of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tire%20of. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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