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Recent Examples of wear down
One concern for the Brewers is that their staff will wear down in the postseason, where they have been eliminated five straight times in their opening round since extending the Los Angeles Dodgers to seven games in the 2018 NLCS.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Organizations that keep postponing decisions will see their cultures wear down under the strain.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Moscow has mastered this attritional form of fighting, using a combination of small assault squads, first-person view drones, artillery, and glide bombs to wear down Ukrainian fortifications slowly.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Organizations that keep postponing decisions will see their cultures wear down under the strain.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Moscow has mastered this attritional form of fighting, using a combination of small assault squads, first-person view drones, artillery, and glide bombs to wear down Ukrainian fortifications slowly.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
These are some of the oldest rocks on the planet—they’ve been heated, squished, melted, and faulted multiple times as Earth went through the growth, collision, and breakup of continents before being worn down by ice and exposed today.
—Howard Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear down
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The Guard may have worn out its welcome, but soldiers were still assigned to the region.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Batteries wear out, and hardwiring them isn’t always possible.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But in 2025, that script is breaking down.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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